The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 7, Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2026

Provisions coming into force on 1 April 2026

2.  The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2026—

(a) section 50 (quality assurance frameworks) in so far as not already in force;

(b) section 58 (power of the Chief Inspector to inspect and report);

(c) section 59 (duty to provide information and advice to the Commission);

(d) section 60 (duty to provide information and advice to the Welsh Ministers);

(e) section 61 (additional functions of the Chief Inspector);

(f) section 62 (action plans following inspections by the Chief Inspector);

(g) section 63 (area inspections) in so far as not already in force;

(h) section 64 (right of entry and offences);

(i) section 65 (surveys and studies);

(j) section 66 (annual reports);

(k) section 67 (annual plan of the Chief Inspector);

(l) section 68 (funding of inspections and reports on further education and training etc.);

(m) section 69 (grounds for intervention);

(n) section 72 (Welsh Ministers’ statement on intervention powers);

(o) section 80 (duty to monitor and report on financial sustainability);

(p) section 89(3), (4) and (5) (financial support for higher education courses specified in regulations) in so far as not already in force;

(q) section 90 (financial support under sections 88 and 89: terms and conditions);

(r) section 91 (financial support under sections 88 and 89: supplementary);

(s) section 92 (financial support by Welsh Ministers for certain higher education courses);

(t) section 93 (education and training for persons aged 16 to 19);

(u) section 95 (education and training for persons over 19);

(v) section 96 (requirements on Commission when securing further education and training);

(w) section 97 (financial support for further education or training) in so far as not already in force;

(x) section 98 (financial support for further education or training: further provision);

(y) section 99 (financial resources for further education or training: terms and conditions);

(z) section 100 (means tests);

(aa) section 101 (school sixth-forms) in so far as not already in force;

(bb) section 102 (persons with additional learning needs);

(cc) section 103 (financial support for other activities connected to tertiary education) in so far as not already in force;

(dd) section 108 (financial support under sections 89, 97 and 104: further provision about terms and conditions);

(ee) section 109 (consent for payments to collaborating bodies);

(ff) section 111 (meaning of “approved Welsh apprenticeship”);

(gg) section 112 (meaning of “approved Welsh apprenticeship agreement”);

(hh) section 113 (meaning of “alternative Welsh apprenticeship”);

(ii) section 114 (meaning of “apprenticeship framework”);

(jj) section 115 (specification of requirements in relation to approved Welsh apprenticeship);

(kk) section 116 (consultation by Welsh Ministers about specifications);

(ll) section 125 (interpretation of Part 4);

(mm) section 127 (complaints procedures);

(nn) section 128 (qualifying institutions for student complaints scheme);

(oo) section 131(2)(b)(i), (vi) and (vii), (e), (f) and (g) (persons required to provide information to the Commission);

(pp) section 131(3)(a) in so far as not already in force;

(qq) section 131(3)(b) and (c);

(rr) section 131(6) in so far as not already in force;

(ss) section 132(1)(f) (powers to share information);

(tt) section 137 (instruments of government of higher education corporations in Wales);

(uu) section 138 (articles of government of higher education corporations in Wales);

(vv) in Schedule 1 (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research)—

(i) paragraph 16(1)(c);

(ii) paragraph 16(1)(d);

(iii) paragraph 16(1)(e);

(iv) paragraph 16(2);

(ww) in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—

(i) paragraph 4;

(ii) paragraph 6(3)(h);

(iii) paragraph 6(4);

(iv) paragraph 8(2);

(v) paragraph 8(10);

(vi) paragraph 9;

(vii) paragraph 14(2);

(viii) paragraph 14(4);

(ix) paragraph 14(6);

(x) paragraph 14(7);

(xi) paragraph 14(8);

(xii) paragraph 14(9);

(xiii) paragraph 14(10)(a) and (b);

(xiv) paragraph 14(11);

(xv) paragraph 14(12);

(xvi) paragraph 14(13);

(xvii) paragraph 14(14);

(xviii) paragraph 14(15);

(xix) paragraph 14(16);

(xx) paragraph 14(17);

(xxi) paragraph 14(18);

(xxii) paragraph 14(20);

(xxiii) paragraph 14(21);

(xxiv) paragraph 14(22);

(xxv) paragraph 14(23);

(xxvi) paragraph 14(25);

(xxvii) paragraph 15(6);

(xxviii) paragraph 16(1);

(xxix) paragraph 16(3);

(xxx) paragraph 17;

(xxxi) paragraph 18(2);

(xxxii) paragraph 18(3);

(xxxiii) paragraph 18(4);

(xxxiv) paragraph 18(5);

(xxxv) paragraph 18(7);

(xxxvi) paragraph 18(9)(b);

(xxxvii) paragraph 18(14);

(xxxviii) paragraph 18(15);

(xxxix) paragraph 20(3);

(xl) paragraph 21;

(xli) paragraph 23;

(xlii) paragraph 25(2);

(xliii) paragraph 30;

(xliv) paragraph 33(2)(c) in so far as not already in force;

(xlv) paragraph 39.