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.