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Higher Education and Research Act 2017, Section 113 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 28 January 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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(1)A relevant authority may exercise any of its functions jointly with another relevant authority if the condition in subsection (2) is met.

(2)The condition is that it appears to the relevant authorities concerned that exercising the function jointly—

(a)will be more efficient, or

(b)will enable them more effectively to exercise any of their functions.

(3)In this section “relevant authority” means—

(a)the OfS,

(b)UKRI, but only in relation to functions exercisable by Research England pursuant to arrangements made under section 97,

[F1(c)the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research,]

(d)the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council,

(e)the Secretary of State to the extent that the Secretary of State is exercising functions under section 14 of the Education Act 2002 (power to give financial assistance for purposes related to education or children etc),

(f)the Welsh Ministers to the extent that they are exercising their functions under Part 2 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (further and sixth form education in Wales), or

(g)the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland, or the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, in relation to funding higher education, or research, in Northern Ireland but only to the extent that the Department is exercising functions in connection with such funding.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3)(g), “higher education” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15)).

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I1S. 113 in force at 1.4.2018 by S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(m)

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