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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-act-2004-commencement-no-3-wales-order-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2011/297",
  "legislation_title": "The Higher Education Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-act-2004-commencement-no-3-wales-order-2011",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis is the third commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Higher Education Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”). The Order brings into force provisions concerning the imposition by the Welsh Ministers of conditions to control fees at institutions in Wales which receive grants from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.\nThe provisions of Part 3 of the 2004 Act brought into force by this Order (where applicable in relation to Wales) are as follows:\nsection 22, which explains the meaning of a Welsh approved plan;\nsection 27, which allows the Welsh Ministers to impose conditions in relation to grants made to a funding body requiring the funding body to impose a condition in relation to grants and loans it makes to relevant institutions;\nsection 28, which sets out what the condition imposed by a funding body on relevant institutions requires;\nsection 29, which contains supplementary provisions;\nsection 30, which explains the meaning of “relevant authority” and confers power on the Welsh Ministers to designate a person to be the relevant authority in relation to Wales;\nsection 32(4), which requires the relevant authority in relation to Wales to have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers;\nsections 33 to 36, which make provision for the contents of fee plans, their approval, duration and variation;\nsection 38, which makes provision for the enforcement of fee plans;\nsection 39, which makes provision for the review of decisions made by the relevant authority in relation to fee plans;\nsection 41, which explains the meaning of certain terms used in Part 3 of the 2004 Act.\nArticle 2 brings relevant provisions into force on 11 February 2011 to enable regulations to be made by the Welsh Ministers.\nArticles 3 and 4 bring the remaining provisions of Part 3 of the 2004 Act into force on 31 March 2011 for remaining purposes and where applicable, in relation to Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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