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

W.S.I. 2025/966 · made 18 August 2025

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

Made under: Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Section 148)

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## Introductory text

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 2022, make the following Order.

## 1 Title

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

## 2 Provisions 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).

## 3 Provision 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.

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