3.—(1) Section 135 of the Education Reform Act 1988(1) (inspection of accounts) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)(2)—
(a)in paragraph (b), at the end, omit “or”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (c), insert—
“or
(d)any registered higher education provider of a description prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of section 39(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017;”.
(3) In subsection (2)(3)—
(a)for “subsection (1)(a) or (c)”, substitute “subsection (1)(a), (c) or (d)”;
(b)after “Further and Higher Education Act 1992”, insert “or section 39 or 97 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017”.
There is an amendment to section 135(1), but it is not relevant to these Regulations.
Section 135(2) was amended by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), Schedule 8, paragraph 36(b). By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999/672, article 2 and Schedule 1, the power in section 135 is exercisable only in relation to England.