Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

Education Act 1994 (c. 30)

7 (1) The Education Act 1994 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 18 (power to reimburse certain payments to persons formerly employed in teacher training)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) omit “or the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales”;

(ii) for “they think” substitute “it thinks”;

(b) in subsection (4)—

(i) omit “or (as the case may be) the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales”;

(ii) for “they” substitute “it” and for “their” substitute “its”.

(3) In section 18C (inspection of teacher training in Wales)—

(a) in subsection (3) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, or”;

(b) in subsection (12) omit paragraph (b).

(4) In section 21 (establishments to which Part 2 on students’ unions applies)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a) for “section 65 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992” substitute “section 88 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022”;

(ii) in paragraph (b) for “that Act” substitute “the Further and Higher Education Act 1992”;

(iii) in paragraph (c) omit “as eligible to receive support from funds administered by a higher education funding council”;

(iv) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) any institution in Wales designated under section 28 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;”.

(b) in subsection (2A) for “has the meaning given by section 62(7) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992” substitute “means an institution whose activities are wholly or mainly carried out in Wales”.