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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-research-wales-act-2022/section-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": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Contributing to a sustainable and innovative economy",
  "text": "(1) The Commission must promote tertiary education and research in a way that contributes to the development of a sustainable and innovative economy in Wales.\n(2) In discharging this duty, the Commission must have regard (among other things) to the reasonable requirements of industry, commerce, finance, the professions, other employers and workers.\n(3) For the purpose of subsection (1), a sustainable economy is an economy in which the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 148(2)"
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      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 4.9.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/919, art. 3(g)"
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    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 1.4.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2023/919, art. 4(a)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2022/1/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:54.402833+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."
}