Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1983 c. 40
(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.any university, university college, or college school, hall or other institution of a university; any institution within the higher education sector; andany institution which provides higher education or further education (or both) and is either maintained by a F16local authority or falls within subsection (3A) below; andany institution within the higher education sectorany designated institution within the meaning of Part II of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992; andany further education institution in Scotland (i) which is administered by an education authority.F5; orwhich is a college of further education for which there is a board of management established under Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.from the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers under section 14 of the Education Act 2002, orfrom a person who is receiving financial assistance under that section;any institution eligible for funding by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales under Part 3 of that Act;any institution which receives funding from the F15F18Secretary of StateF19... (whatever proportion that funding represents of the institution’s total funding) and which is specified in, or is of a class or description specified in, the regulations;any institution which receives funding from the F13National Assembly for Wales (whatever proportion that funding represents of the institution’s total funding) and which is specified in, or is of a class or description specified in, the regulations.(3A) An institution falls within this subsection if it 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 F16local authority or, in Scotland, an education authority or grants under F8section 485 of the Education Act 1996 or section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 F9and expressions used in this section and in the F10the 1996 Act have the same meaning as in that Act..(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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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