PART 6

INFORMATION, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE

Persons required to provide information to the Commission
131
1
The Commission may, by notice, require a person within subsection (2) to give the Commission such information as it requests for the purposes of the exercise of any of the Commission’s functions.
2
The persons within this subsection are—
a
a registered provider;
aa
a person other than a regulated institution in receipt of financial resources provided under section 65 (administration of funds by the Commission) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;
b
a person other than a registered provider in receipt of financial resources provided under—
i
section 88(2) (services provided in connection with higher education),
ii
section 89 (higher education courses specified in regulations),
iii
section 92 (financial support for certain higher education courses),
iv
section 97 (further education or training),
v
section 103 (other activities connected to tertiary education),
vi
section 104 (apprenticeships),
vii
section 105(2) (services provided in connection with research and innovation), or
viii
section 136 (research by the Commission or the Welsh Ministers);
c
a local authority;
d
the governing body of a maintained school in Wales that is providing, or has arranged for the provision of, higher education to pupils at the school under section 28A of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32);
e
a body designated under Schedule 3 to exercise the Commission’s functions under section 54 (assessment of quality of higher education);
f
a person designated by the Commission under section 120 to exercise the Commission’s functions under section 117(2) (publication of apprenticeship frameworks) or section 119 (issue of apprenticeship certificates);
g
any person providing further education or training and who is in receipt of financial support from the Welsh Ministers.
2A
In section 131(2)(aa), “
regulated institution
” has the meaning given in section 7(5)(b) of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015.
3
A notice under subsection (1) to a person mentioned in subsection (2)(c) to (g) may not require the person to give information other than—
a
in the case of a person mentioned in subsection (2)(c), (d) or (g), information held by the person for the purpose of the provision of tertiary education;
b
in the case of a body mentioned in subsection (2)(e), information held by the body for the purpose of the exercise of any of the Commission’s functions under section 54;
c
in the case of a person mentioned in subsection (2)(f), information held by the person for the purpose of the exercise of any of the Commission’s functions under section 117(2) or 119.
4
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.
5
If a person fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1) and does not satisfy the Commission that the information requested cannot be given, the duty to comply with the notice is enforceable by injunction on the application of the Commission.
6
The Commission may give a person listed in subsection (2) information about any matter in relation to which the Commission has a function.
S. 131 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 148(2)
S. 131(1)(2)(c)(d)(4)(5) in force at 1.8.2024 by S.I. 2024/806, art. 2(e) (with art. 28)
S. 131(2)(a)(b)(viii) in force at 1.8.2024 by S.I. 2024/806, art. 8(1) (with arts. 8(2), 28)
S. 131(3)(a) in force at 1.8.2024 for specified purposes by S.I. 2024/806, art. 3(a) (with art. 28)
S. 131(6) in force at 1.8.2024 for specified purposes by S.I. 2024/806, art. 3(b) (with art. 28)
S. 131(2A) inserted (temp.) (1.8.2024) by virtue of The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/806), art. 16(1)(3) (with art. 28)
S. 131(2)(aa) inserted (temp.) (1.8.2024) by virtue of The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/806), art. 16(1)(2) (with art. 28)