# Higher Education and Research Act 2017, Paragraph 1


(1) The OfS may consult in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) about whether there is a body that is suitable to be designated under this Schedule.
(2) The Secretary of State may direct the OfS to consult in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) about whether there is a body that is suitable to be designated under this Schedule.
(3) The OfS consults in accordance with this sub-paragraph if it consults—
(a) a number of registered higher education providers that, taken together, appear to the OfS to comprise a broad range of the different types of such providers,
(b) a number of persons that, taken together, appear to the OfS to represent, or promote the interests of, a broad range of students on higher education courses provided by registered higher education providers,
(c) a number of persons that, taken together, appear to the OfS to represent, or promote the interests of, a broad range of employers of graduates, and
(d) such other persons as the OfS considers appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/29/schedule/6/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017/schedule-6/paragraph-1
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