{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017-commencement-no-2-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017-commencement-no-2-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1146",
  "legislation_title": "The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017-commencement-no-2-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st January 2018",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 come into force on 1st January 2018—\n(a) section 2 (general duties);\n(b) section 3(8) and (10) (references to “the ongoing registration conditions” and definition of “registered higher education provider” and “registration”);\n(c) section 25 (rating the quality of, and the standards applied to, higher education);\n(d) section 26 (report on operation of section 25 schemes);\n(e) section 27 (performance of assessment functions by a designated body);\n(f) section 29(4) (power to approve an access and participation plan);\n(g) section 62(1) to (4) (power to require information from unregistered providers);\n(h) section 63 (cooperation and information sharing by the OfS);\n(i) section 66(2)(a) (designated body);\n(j) section 75 (regulatory framework);\n(k) section 77 (Secretary of State’s power to give directions);\n(l) section 78 (power to require information and advice from the OfS);\n(m) section 83 (meaning of “English higher education provider” etc.);\n(n) section 85(1) to (3) (other definitions);\n(o) section 118 (pre-commencement consultation);\n(p) in Schedule 4 (assessing higher education: designated body)—\n(i) Part 1;\n(ii) paragraph 7 of Part 2;\n(iii) Part 3;\n(q) in Schedule 6 (English higher education information: designated body)—\n(i) Part 1;\n(ii) Part 3;\n(r) Schedule 10 (transfer schemes).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1146/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:05:59.537988+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}