Part 2Review of student complaints

11Qualifying institutions

F1(1)

In this Part “qualifying institution” means any of the following institutions F2...—

(a)

a university F3in England or Wales (whether or not receiving financial support under section 65 of the 1992 Act F4or section 39 or 93 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (“the 2017 Act”)) whose entitlement to grant awards is conferred or confirmed by—

(i)

an Act of Parliament,

(ii)

a Royal Charter, or

(iii)

an order under section 76 of the 1992 Act F5or section 42 or 45 of the 2017 Act;

(b)

a constituent college, school or hall or other institution F6in England or Wales of a university falling within paragraph (a);

(c)

an institution F7in England or Wales conducted by a higher education corporation;

(d)

F8an institution in Wales which is a designated institution, as defined by section 72(3) of the 1992 Act.

F9(da)

an institution in England which is a registered higher education provider as defined by section 85 of the 2017 Act (other than one within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section);

F10(e)

an institution F11in England or Wales (other than one within F12any of the preceding paragraphs of this section) which provides higher education courses which are designated for the purposes of section 22 of the 1998 Act by or under regulations under that section;

F13(ea)

an institution in England (other than one within any of the preceding paragraphs of this section) which provides higher education courses leading to the grant of an award by or on behalf of—

(i)

another institution in England within another paragraph of this section, or

(ii)

the Office for Students where the grant is authorised by regulations under section 51(1) of the 2017 Act;

(f)

an institution F14in England or Wales (other than one within another paragraph of this section) whose entitlement to grant awards is conferred by an order under section 76(1) of the 1992 Act F15or section 42 or 45 of the 2017 Act.

F16(2)

The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, specify as a qualifying institution for the purposes of this Part, a person other than one within subsection (1) who is—

(a)

a registered provider, or

(b)

a tertiary education provider in Wales other than a registered provider in receipt of financial resources—

(i)

provided by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research under section 89(3)(a) of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (higher education courses specified in regulations),

(ii)

secured by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research or the Welsh Ministers under section 97(1)(a) of that Act (further education or training), or

(iii)

provided by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research under section 104(1)(a) of that Act (apprenticeships).

(3)

In subsection (2)—

“registered provider” means a tertiary education provider registered in the register established and maintained by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research under section 25 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022;

“tertiary education provider in Wales” has the meaning given by section 144(1) of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022.

(4)

The power to make regulations in subsection (2) is to be exercised by statutory instrument.

(5)

A statutory instrument containing regulations made under subsection (2) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru.