Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

46 Requirements of a fee limit statement

(1) A fee limit statement is a document that complies with this section.

(2) A fee limit statement must—

(a) specify a fee limit, or

(b) provide for the determination of a fee limit,

in relation to each qualifying course and in respect of each relevant academic year.

(3) A fee limit statement may specify, or provide for the determination of, different fee limits in relation to different courses and in respect of different relevant academic years.

(4) A fee limit statement must specify the date on which it begins to have effect and any variation of a fee limit statement must specify the date on which the variation begins to have effect.

(5) In this Part—

(a) a fee limit, in relation to a course, is a limit that the fees payable to the tertiary education provider by a qualifying person, in connection with the person’s undertaking the course, must not exceed;

(b) a relevant academic year, in relation to a course, is an academic year that is applicable to the course, and in respect of which fees are payable to the provider, and which begins on a day when the applicable provisions in the fee limit statement have effect.

(6) Where a fee limit statement specifies a fee limit in relation to a year and course, the fee limit specified must not exceed whatever amount is specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of this section (“the maximum amount”).

(7) Where a fee limit statement provides for the determination of a fee limit in relation to a year and course, the statement must specify that the fee limit determined in accordance with the statement is not to exceed the maximum amount.