Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983
| Year | 1983 |
Education (Fees andAwards) Act 1983
1983 CHAPTER 40
An Act to make provision with respect to the fees charged by universities and other institutions to students not having the requisite connection with the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and the exclusion of such students from eligibility for certain discretionary awards.
[13th May 1983]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Fees at universities and further education establishments.
(1) The Secretary of State may, as respects any institutions to which this section applies, make regulations requiring or authorising the charging of fees which are higher in the case of students not having such connection with the United Kingdom or any part of it as may be specified in the regulations than in the case of students having such a connection.
(2) The regulations may provide for exceptions and make different provision for different cases or purposes.
(3) This section applies to—
(a ) any university, university college or college, school, hall or other institution of a university;
(b ) any further education establishment provided by a local education authority or, in Scotland, an education authority; and
(c ) any other further education establishment which is substantially dependent for its maintenance on public funds and either is specified in the regulations or is of a class or description so specified.
(4) In this section ‘fees’ includes charges however described (including charges for board and lodging) and ‘public funds’ means assistance from a local education authority or, in Scotland, an education authority or grants under section 100(1)(b ) of the Education Act 1944 or section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 .
(5) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(6) This section is without prejudice to section 27(6) of the Education Act 1980 (regulations as to fees for courses of further education).
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