Part 1

The Office for Students

Powers to grant degrees etc

Grant of authorisation: notification of new providers
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1
The OfS must, as soon as possible after it has been made, notify the Secretary of State if it makes an order under section 42(1) authorising a provider to grant taught awards, where the provider has not previously operated under validation arrangements.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1), a provider has previously operated under validation arrangements if, at any time before the date when the order is made—
a
a student at the provider has been granted a taught award by another provider or the OfS, under validation arrangements between the provider and the other provider or the OfS, or
b
the provider has granted a taught award on behalf of another provider or the OfS, under validation arrangements between the provider and the other provider or the OfS.
3
In this section “validation arrangements” means—
a
arrangements between one English higher education provider and another English higher education provider under which the first provider—
i
grants a taught award to a person who is a student at the other provider, or
ii
authorises the other provider to grant a taught award on behalf of the first provider, or
b
arrangements between the OfS and a registered higher education provider under which the OfS—
i
grants a taught award to a person who is a student at the provider, or
ii
authorises the provider to grant a taught award on behalf of the OfS.
S. 47 in force at 1.4.2018 by S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(e)