Legislation – The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 7, Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2026
Provisions coming into force on 1 April 20262.
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.