PART 3QUALITY OF EDUCATION
Assessment of quality of education
17Assessment of quality of education
1
HEFCW must assess, or make arrangements for the assessment of, the quality of education provided in Wales—
a
by each regulated institution;
b
on behalf of each regulated institution (whether by another regulated institution or by an external provider).
2
For the purposes of subsection (1), education provided outside Wales is to be treated as provided in Wales if it is provided as part of a course that is provided principally in Wales.
3
In this Act, references to an external provider are references to a person who—
a
is not a regulated institution, but
b
is responsible for providing all or part of a course of education on behalf of a regulated institution.
4
For the purposes of subsection (3)(b)—
a
regulations may make provision about the circumstances in which a person is (or is not) to be treated as responsible for providing a course (or part of it);
b
a course (or part of it) is not to be treated as provided on behalf of a regulated institution if it is provided under arrangements with that institution that were made before the coming into force of this section.