Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

133 Power to require application-to-acceptance information

(1) The Welsh Ministers may, by notice, require a person within subsection (2) to give them or the Commission such application-to-acceptance information as may be described in the notice for use for qualifying research.

(2) A person within this subsection is one providing services to one or more tertiary education providers in Wales that are institutions within the higher education sector relating to applications for admission on to higher education courses provided by them.

(3) “Application-to-acceptance information” means information relating to—

(a) applications for admission to higher education courses provided by tertiary education providers in Wales that are institutions within the higher education sector (including predicted grades),

(b) offers and rejections given to individuals in respect of applications for admission to those courses, or

(c) the acceptance of such offers.

(4) “Qualifying research” means—

(a) research into the choices available to individuals who are—

(i) applying for admission on to higher education courses provided by tertiary education providers in Wales that are institutions within the higher education sector, or

(ii) considering whether to accept an offer for admission on such a course from such a provider;

(b) research into equality of opportunity in connection with access to and participation in higher education provided by tertiary education providers in Wales that are institutions within the higher education sector;

(c) research into any other topic approved by the Welsh Ministers.

(5) A notice under subsection (1) may require the information to be given—

(a) by a time specified in the notice, and

(b) in a form and manner specified in the notice.

(6) If a person fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1) and does not satisfy the Welsh Ministers that the information described in the notice cannot be given, the duty to comply with the notice is enforceable by injunction on the application of the Welsh Ministers.