# The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 7, Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2026, Article 2: Provisions coming into force on 1 April 2026


The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2026—
(a) section 50 (quality assurance frameworks) in so far as not already in force;
(b) section 58 (power of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report);
(c) section 59 (duty to provide information and advice to the Commission);
(d) section 60 (duty to provide information and advice to the Welsh Ministers);
(e) section 61 (additional functions of the Chief Inspector);
(f) section 62 (action plans following inspections by the Chief Inspector);
(g) section 63 (area inspections) in so far as not already in force;
(h) section 64 (right of entry and offences);
(i) section 65 (surveys and studies);
(j) section 66 (annual reports);
(k) section 67 (annual plan of the Chief Inspector);
(l) section 68 (funding of inspections and reports on further education and training etc.);
(m) section 69 (grounds for intervention);
(n) section 72 (Welsh Ministers’ statement on intervention powers);
(o) section 80 (duty to monitor and report on financial sustainability);
(p) section 89(3), (4) and (5) (financial support for higher education courses specified in regulations) in so far as not already in force;
(q) section 90 (financial support under sections 88 and 89: terms and conditions);
(r) section 91 (financial support under sections 88 and 89: supplementary);
(s) section 92 (financial support by Welsh Ministers for certain higher education courses);
(t) section 93 (education and training for persons aged 16 to 19);
(u) section 95 (education and training for persons over 19);
(v) section 96 (requirements on Commission when securing further education and training);
(w) section 97 (financial support for further education or training) in so far as not already in force;
(x) section 98 (financial support for further education or training: further provision);
(y) section 99 (financial resources for further education or training: terms and conditions);
(z) section 100 (means tests);
(aa) section 101 (school sixth-forms) in so far as not already in force;
(bb) section 102 (persons with additional learning needs);
(cc) section 103 (financial support for other activities connected to tertiary education) in so far as not already in force;
(dd) section 108 (financial support under sections 89, 97 and 104: further provision about terms and conditions);
(ee) section 109 (consent for payments to collaborating bodies);
(ff) section 111 (meaning of “approved Welsh apprenticeship”);
(gg) section 112 (meaning of “approved Welsh apprenticeship agreement”);
(hh) section 113 (meaning of “alternative Welsh apprenticeship”);
(ii) section 114 (meaning of “apprenticeship framework”);
(jj) section 115 (specification of requirements in relation to approved Welsh apprenticeship);
(kk) section 116 (consultation by Welsh Ministers about specifications);
(ll) section 125 (interpretation of Part 4);
(mm) section 127 (complaints procedures);
(nn) section 128 (qualifying institutions for student complaints scheme);
(oo) section 131(2)(b)(i), (vi) and (vii), (e), (f) and (g) (persons required to provide information to the Commission);
(pp) section 131(3)(a) in so far as not already in force;
(qq) section 131(3)(b) and (c);
(rr) section 131(6) in so far as not already in force;
(ss) section 132(1)(f) (powers to share information);
(tt) section 137 (instruments of government of higher education corporations in Wales);
(uu) section 138 (articles of government of higher education corporations in Wales);
(vv) in Schedule 1 (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research)—
(i) paragraph 16(1)(c);
(ii) paragraph 16(1)(d);
(iii) paragraph 16(1)(e);
(iv) paragraph 16(2);
(ww) in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—
(i) paragraph 4;
(ii) paragraph 6(3)(h);
(iii) paragraph 6(4);
(iv) paragraph 8(2);
(v) paragraph 8(10);
(vi) paragraph 9;
(vii) paragraph 14(2);
(viii) paragraph 14(4);
(ix) paragraph 14(6);
(x) paragraph 14(7);
(xi) paragraph 14(8);
(xii) paragraph 14(9);
(xiii) paragraph 14(10)(a) and (b);
(xiv) paragraph 14(11);
(xv) paragraph 14(12);
(xvi) paragraph 14(13);
(xvii) paragraph 14(14);
(xviii) paragraph 14(15);
(xix) paragraph 14(16);
(xx) paragraph 14(17);
(xxi) paragraph 14(18);
(xxii) paragraph 14(20);
(xxiii) paragraph 14(21);
(xxiv) paragraph 14(22);
(xxv) paragraph 14(23);
(xxvi) paragraph 14(25);
(xxvii) paragraph 15(6);
(xxviii) paragraph 16(1);
(xxix) paragraph 16(3);
(xxx) paragraph 17;
(xxxi) paragraph 18(2);
(xxxii) paragraph 18(3);
(xxxiii) paragraph 18(4);
(xxxiv) paragraph 18(5);
(xxxv) paragraph 18(7);
(xxxvi) paragraph 18(9)(b);
(xxxvii) paragraph 18(14);
(xxxviii) paragraph 18(15);
(xxxix) paragraph 20(3);
(xl) paragraph 21;
(xli) paragraph 23;
(xlii) paragraph 25(2);
(xliii) paragraph 30;
(xliv) paragraph 33(2)(c) in so far as not already in force;
(xlv) paragraph 39.

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