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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-research-wales-act-2022-consequential-amendments-and-transitory-provision-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/72",
  "legislation_title": "The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-research-wales-act-2022-consequential-amendments-and-transitory-provision-regulations-2026",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made under section 146 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”) which enables the Welsh Ministers to make provision for the purposes of, in consequence of, or for giving full effect to any provision of the 2022 Act.\nThe 2022 Act establishes the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (“the Commission”), abolishes the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and makes provision in relation to the regulation and funding of tertiary education and research in Wales.\nRegulation 2 makes an amendment which is consequential upon the conferral of functions on the Commission by Part 3 of the 2022 Act.\nRegulation 3 makes an amendment which is consequential upon amendments to section 91(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and provides for a related temporary modification.\nRegulations 4 and 5 make amendments which are consequential upon the conferral of functions on the Commission by Part 3 of the 2022 Act and the repeal of provisions in Part 2 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”).\nRegulation 6 makes an amendment which is consequential upon the conferral of functions on the Commission by Part 3 of the 2022 Act.\nRegulation 7 makes amendments which are consequential upon the repeal of provisions in the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 and the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.\nRegulation 8 makes an amendment which is consequential upon the repeal of provisions in Part 2 of the 2000 Act and regulation 9 makes an amendment which is consequential upon amendments to Part 2 of the 2000 Act.\nRegulation 10 makes an amendment which is consequential upon the conferral of functions on the Commission by Part 3 of the 2022 Act and the repeal of provisions in Part 2 of the 2000 Act.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/72/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:15.421416+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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