The Office for Students (Register of English Higher Education Providers) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/1196 |
| Year | 2017 |
2017 No. 1196
Education, England
The Office for Students (Register of English Higher Education Providers) Regulations 2017
Made 30th November 2017
Laid before Parliament 4th December 2017
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(6) and 119(5) of the Higher Education and Research Act 20171, makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Office for Students (Register of English Higher Education Providers) Regulations 2017.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2018, immediately after the full commencement of section 3 of the Act.
(3) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
Information which must be contained in the register of English higher education providers
2.—(1) An institution’s entry in the register of English higher education providers2must contain the following information—
(a)
(a) the institution’s name, including any trading names or names granted by or by virtue of any Act or Royal Charter;
(b)
(b) where the institution’s name includes the word “university”, whether and, if so, when the use of that word—
(i) was authorised by or by virtue of any Act or Royal Charter;
(ii) was consented to or approved under section 77 of the Further and Higher Education Act 19923or section 39 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;
(c)
(c) an address, e-mail address and telephone number at which the institution may be contacted;
(d)
(d) an address at which the institution carries on its activities, or which is the institution’s principal place of business or which is otherwise suitable for the service of documents upon the institution;
(e)
(e) the address of the principal website maintained by or on behalf of the institution;
(f)
(f) if the OfS4determines, under section 3(2) of the Act, that the register is to be divided into different parts representing different categories of registration, the category in which the institution is registered;
(g)
(g) whether the institution is authorised to grant taught awards or research awards5or both by an authorisation—
(i) given or varied under section 42(1) of the Act;
(ii) given by or under any other provision of an Act of Parliament;
(iii) given by Royal Charter;
(iv) varied under section 45(1) of the Act;
(h)
(h) if the institution is authorised to grant taught awards or research awards or both by an authorisation referred to in sub-paragraph (g) above—
(i) a description of the taught awards or research awards which it is authorised to grant;
(ii) where the authorisation was given or varied under the Act, the date on which the authorisation, and, where applicable, any variation...
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