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The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2025

W.S.I. 2025/966 · Made 18 August 2025

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Education, Wales

Made 18 August 2025

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 148(2) of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022f1, make the following Order.

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Footnotes

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Contents

  1. 1Title
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 1 September 2025
  3. 3Provision coming into force on 1 September 2025 to the extent specified
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title

The title of this Order is the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2025.

2Provisions coming into force on 1 September 2025

The following provisions of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 come into force on 1 September 2025—

(a)

Part 4 of Schedule 3 (assessing higher education: designated body);

(b)

paragraph 13(1), (2)(b) and (3) of Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments).

3Provision coming into force on 1 September 2025 to the extent specified

Section 87(5) (policy on funding powers) of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 comes into force on 1 September 2025 to the extent that it relates to section 89 (financial support for higher education courses specified in regulations) of that Act.

Signature

Lynne Neagle

Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers

18 August 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force provisions of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (“the Act”) on 1 September 2025.

Article 2(a) of this Order brings into force Part 4 of Schedule 3 (assessing higher education: designated body) to the Act. Part 4 of Schedule 3 provides for the interpretation of Schedule 3. Part 1 of Schedule 3 came into force on 5 April 2025.

Article 2(b) of this Order brings into force paragraph 13(1), (2)(b) and (3) of Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments) to the Act. These provisions insert references to the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research into Schedules 2A and 2B to the Care Standards Act 2000.

Article 3 brings into force section 87(5) of the Act to the extent that it relates to section 89 of the Act.