Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

134 Use of application-to-acceptance information for research purposes

(1) The Welsh Ministers may—

(a) use information obtained under section 133 for qualifying research, and

(b) give information obtained under section 133 to the Commission or to an approved person for use for qualifying research.

(2) The Welsh Ministers, the Commission or an approved person may publish the product of research carried out using information obtained under section 133 so long as—

(a) a purpose in publishing it is to provide statistical information,

(b) no individual to whom the information obtained under section 133 relates may be identified from the publication, and

(c) the publication does not include information obtained under section 133 that may be regarded as commercially sensitive.

(3) “Approved person” means—

(a) a body approved by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of this section that uses or disseminates information for the purpose of research (“an approved body”), or

(b) an individual approved by the Welsh Ministers or an approved body for the purposes of this section (“an approved researcher”).

(4) An approved body may give information obtained under section 133 to an approved researcher, but an approved researcher may not give that information to—

(a) another approved researcher, or

(b) another approved body.

(5) The Welsh Ministers must publish guidance regarding factors to be taken into account in deciding whether to approve a body or individual for the purposes of this section.

(6) “Qualifying research” has the same meaning as in section 133.