| PROVISION | Effect |
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| Section 10 | Provides the Assembly with the power to fund arts and humanities research and related activities in relation to Wales. |
| Section 13 | Provides power for the Assembly to designate a body corporate as the operator for a student complaints scheme for qualifying institutions. |
| Section 16 | Requires the Assembly to publish notice of the termination of designation of an operator to student complaints if and when that takes place. |
| Section 18 | Empowers the Assembly by order to make provision where a designated body ceases providing a scheme, or an agreement or notice to terminate has been made. |
| Schedule 2 | Provides the Assembly with the power to amend the Schedule by regulations, in order to change conditions that must be met by the student complaints scheme. |
| Schedule 3 | Requires that the designated operator for student complaints must comply with requests from the Assembly to provide information or conduct a review of the scheme’s operation. |
| Schedule 4 | Empowers the Assembly to terminate the designation of an operator for student complaints. |
| Sections 27 and 28 | Provide the Assembly with a power to impose conditions as to student fees, and a regulation making power to set a higher and basic amount for fee limits, and for those fee limits to be enforced by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW). Provides the Assembly with powers to require institutions to comply with an approved plan. |
| Section 30 | Provides the Assembly with the power to specify by regulations the relevant authority which will approve plans, including modifying any enactments as necessary or expedient for that authority to carry out its function. |
| Section 33 | Empowers the Assembly to make regulations setting out the content that is required to be included in plans, which must be approved before fees above the basic level can be charged. |
| Section 34 | Allows the Assembly to make regulations relating to approval of plans. In particular, regulations may specify what the relevant authority is or is not to have regard to in deciding whether to approve a plan. |
| Section 35 | Gives the Assembly the power to prescribe the maximum duration of plans in Wales. |
| Section 36 | Empowers the Assembly to make regulations enabling plans to be varied with the approval of the relevant authority. |
| Section 38 | Provides that the Assembly may make regulations setting out procedures and effect of sanctions that may be imposed by the relevant authority in the event of a plan being breached. |
| Section 39 | Requires the Assembly to make regulations providing for a procedure for review of the decisions of the relevant authority. |
| Section 44 | This section transfers to the Assembly certain functions under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (except functions related to repayment of loans through the tax system) and functions under section 23 of that Act. |
| Section 45 | Permits the Assembly (once student support functions are transferred) to make regulations allowing student support authorities to supply information collected from individuals in connection with student support to other designated organisations. Consent of the individuals is required before information can be supplied. |
