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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-research-wales-act-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "asc/2022/1",
  "legislation_title": "Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-research-wales-act-2022",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Removal of designation",
  "text": "(1) The Commission may by notice remove a designation under this Schedule.\n(2) The notice must—\n(a) include the reasons for the Commission’s decision, and\n(b) specify the date on which the designation is removed.\n(3) The Commission may remove a designation only if—\n(a) the Commission is satisfied that removing the designation would be appropriate for securing the effective assessment of the quality of higher education provided by tertiary education providers in Wales, or\n(b) the designated body consents to the removal of the designation.\n(4) Unless sub-paragraph (3)(b) applies, the Commission must, before removing the designation—\n(a) obtain the consent of the Welsh Ministers, and\n(b) consult—\n(i) each registered provider providing higher education, and\n(ii) such other persons as it considers appropriate.\n(5) The Commission must publish a notice under this paragraph.\n(6) If the Welsh Ministers do not give their consent under sub-paragraph (4)(a), they must publish the reasons for not doing so.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 148(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 5.4.2025 by S.I. 2025/432, art. 5(1) (with art. 5(4))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2022/1/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:54.402833+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}