Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015

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Amendments 1

Jurisdiction	Wales
Citation	2015 anaw 1
Year	2015

(1) This Act has eight Parts.(2) This Part contains an overview of the Act.the contents of a fee and access plan, including a fee limit;failure to comply with a fee limit or other requirement included in a fee and access plan;the validity of certain contracts;the monitoring of fee and access plans.powers available for the purposes of assessment;steps that may be taken by HEFCW in respect of education of inadequate quality.compliance with the code;powers available for the purposes of monitoring

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Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015
PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1: Overview of this Act

PART 2: FEE AND ACCESS PLANS

Application for approval of fee and access plan

2: Application by institution for HEFCW's approval of fee and access plan
3: Designation of other providers of higher education

Contents of fee and access plan

4: Period to which plan relates
5: Fee limit
6: Promotion of equality of opportunity and higher education

Approval etc of fee and access plan

7: Approval of fee and access plan
8: Publication of approved plan
9: Variation of approved plan

Compliance with fee limit

10: Limits on student fees
11: Compliance and reimbursement directions
12: Supplementary provision about compliance and reimbursement directions

Compliance with general requirements of approved plan

13: Directions in respect of failure to comply with general requirements of approved plan

Contracts

14: Validity of contracts

Approved plans: compliance and effectiveness

15: HEFCW's duty to monitor and evaluate compliance and effectiveness
16: Monitoring and evaluating compliance and effectiveness: duty to co-operate

PART 3: QUALITY OF EDUCATION

Assessment of quality of education

17: Assessment of quality of education

Powers in respect of education of inadequate quality

18: Education of inadequate quality: general
19: Directions in respect of inadequate quality
20: Other measures in respect of inadequate quality

Co-operation with quality assessment etc

21: Quality assessment etc: duty to co-operate

Supplementary powers for purpose of quality assessment etc

22: Quality assessment etc: powers of entry and inspection

Guidance relating to quality of education

23: Guidance about matters relevant to quality
24: Guidance about criteria for assessing quality

Advice to HEFCW about quality assessment functions

25: Committee to advise HEFCW about exercise of quality assessment functions

Supplementary

26: Application of this Part where institution ceases to have approved plan

PART 4: FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF REGULATED INSTITUTIONS

Financial management code

27: HEFCW's duty to prepare and publish Code
28: Procedure for approval of Code by Welsh Ministers
29: Procedure if draft Code not approved by Welsh Ministers
30: Procedure if draft Code approved by Welsh Ministers

Monitoring compliance with Code

31: Monitoring compliance with Code

Powers in respect of failure to comply with Code

32: Failure to comply with Code: general
33: Directions in respect of failure to comply with Code
34: Other measures in respect of failure to comply with Code

Co-operation with monitoring etc

35: Financial management: duty to co-operate

Supplementary powers for purpose of monitoring etc

36: Financial management: powers of entry and inspection

PART 5: FEE AND ACCESS PLANS: WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL ETC

Refusal to approve new fee and access plan

37: Notice of refusal to approve new fee and access plan

Withdrawal of approval of existing fee and access plan

38: Duty to withdraw approval
39: Power to withdraw approval

Publication etc of notice under this Part

40: Publication etc of notice under this Part

PART 6: NOTICES AND DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY HEFCW

Warning and review procedure for certain notices and directions

41: Application of sections 42 to 44
42: Proposed notices and directions: requirement to give warning notice
43: Information to be given with notices and directions: If HEFCW give a governing body a notice or direction to which this section applies, they must at the same time give the governing body a statement—
44: Review of notices and directions

General provisions about directions given by HEFCW

45: Directions: compliance and enforcement
46: Directions: general: A direction given by HEFCW under this Act—

PART 7: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION ABOUT FUNCTIONS OF HEFCW

Exercise of functions by HEFCW

47: Compatibility with charity law and governing documents of institutions
48: Duty to take into account importance of protecting academic freedom: In exercising functions by virtue of this Act, HEFCW must take into account the importance of protecting academic freedom including, in particular, the freedom of institutions—
49: Duty to take Welsh Ministers' guidance into account

Reports to be made by HEFCW

50: Annual reports
51: Special reports

Other information etc to be given by HEFCW

52: Statement in respect of intervention functions
53: Information and advice to be given by HEFCW to Welsh Ministers
54: Other information and advice

PART 8: GENERAL

55: Regulations

56: Directions given by Welsh Ministers: A direction given by the Welsh Ministers under this Act—

57: Interpretation

58: Consequential and transitional provision etc

59: Commencement

60: Short title etc

SCHEDULE (introduced by section 58)
CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISION ETC

PART 1: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
PART 2: TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

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