Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

89 Financial support for higher education courses specified in regulations

(1) The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, specify a particular course of higher education or description of course of higher education for the purposes of this section (“an eligible course”).

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may describe a course by reference to (among other things)—

(a) requirements to be met by the course;

(b) the description of person providing the course;

(c) the qualification to which the course leads.

(3) The Commission may provide financial resources to a person (“a provider”) in respect of expenditure incurred, or to be incurred, by the provider or by a collaborating body for the purpose of—

(a) the provision of an eligible course wholly or mainly in Wales;

(b) the provision of an eligible course to persons who are ordinarily resident in Wales.

(4) In subsection (3), “collaborating body”, in relation to a provider, means a person—

(a) to whom the provider proposes to pa‍y all or some of the financial resources provided to it under subsection (3), and

(b) who is providing, is proposing to provide or has provided an eligible course (or part of such a course) on behalf of the provider, or who is working, is proposing to work or has worked in collaboration with the provider for the purpose for which the financial resources are provided.

(5) The Commission must give its consent before the provider makes a payment to a collaborating body (see section 109 for further provision about the Commission’s consent).