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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-research-wales-act-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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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/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Power of the Commission to give directions",
  "text": "(1) The Commission may give the designated body general directions about the exercise of the assessment functions.\n(2) In giving such directions, the Commission must have regard to the need to protect—\n(a) the expertise of the designated body, and\n(b) the designated body’s ability to make, or make arrangements for, an impartial assessment of the quality of higher education provided by a tertiary education provider.\n(3) The directions must relate—\n(a) to tertiary education providers in Wales providing higher education or registered providers providing higher education generally, or\n(b) a description of such providers.\n(4) The designated body must comply with any directions given under this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 148(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 31.7.2026 by W.S.I. 2026/62, art. 16(d)(v)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2022/1/schedule/3/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}