Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

136 Research by the Commission or the Welsh Ministers

(1) The Commission or the Welsh Ministers may carry out, or secure the provision of financial resources to persons carrying out or proposing to carry out, research in relation to—

(a) Welsh tertiary education;

(b) other education or training—

(i) provided wholly or mainly in Wales, or

(ii) to persons who are ordinarily resident in Wales;

(c) any matter connected to education or training‍ described in paragraph (a)‍ or (b)‍;

(d) any other matter relevant to the Commission’s functions.

(2) The Commission or the Welsh Ministers may publish, or arrange for the publication of, the results of such research so long as no individual to whom the research relates may be identified from the publication.

(3) The Commission or the Welsh Ministers may secure the provision of financial resources under subsection (1)—

(a) by providing resources itself or themselves;

(b) by making arrangements for the provision of resources by another person;

(c) by making arrangements for the provision of resources by persons jointly (whether or not including the Commission or the Welsh Ministers).

(4) If the Commission itself, or the Welsh Ministers themselves, provide financial resources under subsection (1), they may impose such terms and conditions as they consider appropriate.

(5) The terms and conditions may (among other things)—

(a) enable the Commission or the Welsh Ministers to require the repayment, in whole or in part, of sums paid by them if any of the terms and conditions subject to which the sums were paid is not complied with;

(b) require the payment of interest in respect of any period in which a sum due to the Commission or the Welsh Ministers in accordance with any of the terms and condition remains unpaid.

(6) If the Commission has made arrangements under subsection (3)(b) for another person to provide the Commission’s financial resources, the Commission may require that person to provide the resources subject to such terms and conditions that the Commission considers appropriate (including terms and conditions of a kind that could be imposed under subsection (5)).