Part 1The Office for Students
The register of English higher education providers
3The register
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The OfS must establish and maintain a register of English higher education providers (referred to in this Part as “the register”).
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The register may be divided by the OfS into different parts representing such different categories of registration as the OfS may determine.
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The OfS must register an institution in the register (or, where it has been divided into parts, in a particular part of the register) if—
a
its governing body applies for it to be registered in the register (or in that part),
b
it is, or intends to become, an English higher education provider,
c
it satisfies the initial registration conditions applicable to it in respect of the registration sought (see section 5), and
d
the application complies with any requirements imposed under subsection (5).
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The OfS may not otherwise register an institution in the register.
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The OfS may determine—
a
the form of an application for registration in the register (or in a particular part of the register),
b
the information to be contained in it or provided with it, and
c
the manner in which an application is to be submitted.
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The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the information which must be contained in an institution’s entry in the register.
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Once registered, an institution’s ongoing registration is subject to satisfying—
a
the general ongoing registration conditions applicable to it at the time of its registration and as they may be later revised (see section 5), and
b
the specific ongoing registration conditions (if any) imposed on it at the time of its registration and as they may be later varied (see section 6).
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The OfS must make the information contained in the register, and the information previously contained in it, publicly available by such means as it considers appropriate.
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In this Part—
a
a “registered higher education provider” means an institution which is registered in the register, and
b
references to “registration” are to be read accordingly.