(1)HEFCW must assess, or make arrangements for the assessment of, the quality of education provided in Wales—
(a)by each regulated institution;
(b)on behalf of each regulated institution (whether by another regulated institution or by an external provider).
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), education provided outside Wales is to be treated as provided in Wales if it is provided as part of a course that is provided principally in Wales.
(3)In this Act, references to an external provider are references to a person who—
(a)is not a regulated institution, but
(b)is responsible for providing all or part of a course of education on behalf of a regulated institution.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (3)(b)—
(a)regulations may make provision about the circumstances in which a person is (or is not) to be treated as responsible for providing a course (or part of it);
(b)a course (or part of it) is not to be treated as provided on behalf of a regulated institution if it is provided under arrangements with that institution that were made before the coming into force of this section.