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The Power to Award Degrees etc. (NCG) Order of Council 2016 (Amendment) Order 2023

S.I. 2023/513 · Made 28 April 2023

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Education, England

Made 28th April 2023

Coming into force 1st June 2023

The Office for Students, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 45(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017f1, makes this Order.

The Office for Students has requested advice from the relevant body regarding the quality of, and standards applied to, higher education provided by the provider, and has had regard to that advice in accordance with sections 46(1)(c) and (7) of that Act.

The Office for Students has complied with the procedure on giving notifications in accordance with section 48 of that Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2017 c. 29.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Variation of Power to Award Degrees etc. (NCG) Order of Council 2016
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Power to Award Degrees etc. (NCG) Order of Council 2016 (Amendment) Order 2023 and shall come into force on 1st June 2023.

2Variation of Power to Award Degrees etc. (NCG) Order of Council 2016

(1)

The Power to Award Degrees etc. (NCG) Order of Council 2016f1 is varied in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

For article 2, substitute—

“2.

NCG shall be competent to grant awards of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a) of section 76(2) of the said Act for an indefinite period.”

Signature

Jean Arnold

Director of Quality

Office for Students

28th April 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies NCG’s existing Degree Awarding Powers authorisation so that it remains valid indefinitely.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses and civil society organisations. The instrument has no impact on the public sector.