PART 3Assessments of the quality of, and the standards applied to, higher education in connection with ongoing registration and authorisations to grant degrees etc.
Fee payable for assessment of the quality of, and the standards applied to, higher education in connection with ongoing registration and authorisations to grant degrees etc.6
1
Subject to regulation 14, a fee is payable to the OfS by the governing body of an institution for the undertaking of an assessment of the quality of, and the standards applied to, higher education provided by that institution, where the assessment falls within paragraph (2).
2
An assessment falls within this paragraph if—
a
it is undertaken by the OfS under section 23(2)(b) of the Act, or
b
it is undertaken by the OfS for the purpose of—
i
deciding whether to make an order under section 42(1) of the Act authorising the institution to grant taught awards or research awards or both,
ii
deciding whether to make an order under section 42(1) or 45(1) of the Act varying or revoking an authorisation given to the institution to grant taught awards or research awards or both, or
iii
monitoring the exercise by the institution of an authorisation to grant taught awards or research awards or both in a case where that authorisation has been given to the institution for a limited period in accordance with section 42(6) of the Act.