These Regulations prescribe the basic and higher amounts which relevant institutions may charge by way of tuition fees for full-time undergraduate courses.

The basic and higher amounts are prescribed for the purposes of conditions in accordance with section 28 of the Higher Education Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”), being conditions for the purposes of section 27 of the 2004 Act.

Section 27 of the 2004 Act enables the Welsh Ministers to impose conditions on grants to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (“the Council”) requiring it to impose conditions on financial support given by the Council to the governing body of a relevant institution. These conditions will require the governing body to secure that the fees payable for a qualifying course by a qualifying person do not exceed the basic amount specified in these Regulations, or, where an institution has an approved plan in force, the amount specified in that plan which is not to exceed the higher amount prescribed by these Regulations.

Regulation 3 prescribes the amounts which will ordinarily apply. For certain courses specified in regulation 4, lower amounts are prescribed.

The Regulatory Impact Assessment applicable to these Regulations is obtainable from the Welsh Assembly Government at: Cathays Park Cardiff CF10 3NQ.