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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-research-wales-act-2022-commencement-no-7-transitory-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2026/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/62",
  "legislation_title": "The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 7, Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-research-wales-act-2022-commencement-no-7-transitory-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2026",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1 April 2026",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2026—\n(a) section 50 (quality assurance frameworks) in so far as not already in force;\n(b) section 58 (power of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report);\n(c) section 59 (duty to provide information and advice to the Commission);\n(d) section 60 (duty to provide information and advice to the Welsh Ministers);\n(e) section 61 (additional functions of the Chief Inspector);\n(f) section 62 (action plans following inspections by the Chief Inspector);\n(g) section 63 (area inspections) in so far as not already in force;\n(h) section 64 (right of entry and offences);\n(i) section 65 (surveys and studies);\n(j) section 66 (annual reports);\n(k) section 67 (annual plan of the Chief Inspector);\n(l) section 68 (funding of inspections and reports on further education and training etc.);\n(m) section 69 (grounds for intervention);\n(n) section 72 (Welsh Ministers’ statement on intervention powers);\n(o) section 80 (duty to monitor and report on financial sustainability);\n(p) section 89(3), (4) and (5) (financial support for higher education courses specified in regulations) in so far as not already in force;\n(q) section 90 (financial support under sections 88 and 89: terms and conditions);\n(r) section 91 (financial support under sections 88 and 89: supplementary);\n(s) section 92 (financial support by Welsh Ministers for certain higher education courses);\n(t) section 93 (education and training for persons aged 16 to 19);\n(u) section 95 (education and training for persons over 19);\n(v) section 96 (requirements on Commission when securing further education and training);\n(w) section 97 (financial support for further education or training) in so far as not already in force;\n(x) section 98 (financial support for further education or training: further provision);\n(y) section 99 (financial resources for further education or training: terms and conditions);\n(z) section 100 (means tests);\n(aa) section 101 (school sixth-forms) in so far as not already in force;\n(bb) section 102 (persons with additional learning needs);\n(cc) section 103 (financial support for other activities connected to tertiary education) in so far as not already in force;\n(dd) section 108 (financial support under sections 89, 97 and 104: further provision about terms and conditions);\n(ee) section 109 (consent for payments to collaborating bodies);\n(ff) section 111 (meaning of “approved Welsh apprenticeship”);\n(gg) section 112 (meaning of “approved Welsh apprenticeship agreement”);\n(hh) section 113 (meaning of “alternative Welsh apprenticeship”);\n(ii) section 114 (meaning of “apprenticeship framework”);\n(jj) section 115 (specification of requirements in relation to approved Welsh apprenticeship);\n(kk) section 116 (consultation by Welsh Ministers about specifications);\n(ll) section 125 (interpretation of Part 4);\n(mm) section 127 (complaints procedures);\n(nn) section 128 (qualifying institutions for student complaints scheme);\n(oo) section 131(2)(b)(i), (vi) and (vii), (e), (f) and (g) (persons required to provide information to the Commission);\n(pp) section 131(3)(a) in so far as not already in force;\n(qq) section 131(3)(b) and (c);\n(rr) section 131(6) in so far as not already in force;\n(ss) section 132(1)(f) (powers to share information);\n(tt) section 137 (instruments of government of higher education corporations in Wales);\n(uu) section 138 (articles of government of higher education corporations in Wales);\n(vv) in Schedule 1 (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research)—\n(i) paragraph 16(1)(c);\n(ii) paragraph 16(1)(d);\n(iii) paragraph 16(1)(e);\n(iv) paragraph 16(2);\n(ww) in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—\n(i) paragraph 4;\n(ii) paragraph 6(3)(h);\n(iii) paragraph 6(4);\n(iv) paragraph 8(2);\n(v) paragraph 8(10);\n(vi) paragraph 9;\n(vii) paragraph 14(2);\n(viii) paragraph 14(4);\n(ix) paragraph 14(6);\n(x) paragraph 14(7);\n(xi) paragraph 14(8);\n(xii) paragraph 14(9);\n(xiii) paragraph 14(10)(a) and (b);\n(xiv) paragraph 14(11);\n(xv) paragraph 14(12);\n(xvi) paragraph 14(13);\n(xvii) paragraph 14(14);\n(xviii) paragraph 14(15);\n(xix) paragraph 14(16);\n(xx) paragraph 14(17);\n(xxi) paragraph 14(18);\n(xxii) paragraph 14(20);\n(xxiii) paragraph 14(21);\n(xxiv) paragraph 14(22);\n(xxv) paragraph 14(23);\n(xxvi) paragraph 14(25);\n(xxvii) paragraph 15(6);\n(xxviii) paragraph 16(1);\n(xxix) paragraph 16(3);\n(xxx) paragraph 17;\n(xxxi) paragraph 18(2);\n(xxxii) paragraph 18(3);\n(xxxiii) paragraph 18(4);\n(xxxiv) paragraph 18(5);\n(xxxv) paragraph 18(7);\n(xxxvi) paragraph 18(9)(b);\n(xxxvii) paragraph 18(14);\n(xxxviii) paragraph 18(15);\n(xxxix) paragraph 20(3);\n(xl) paragraph 21;\n(xli) paragraph 23;\n(xlii) paragraph 25(2);\n(xliii) paragraph 30;\n(xliv) paragraph 33(2)(c) in so far as not already in force;\n(xlv) paragraph 39.",
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