2018 No. 1054 (C. 82)

Education
Scientific Research

The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018

Made

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124(5) and (6) of the Higher Education and Research Act 20171.

Citation1

These Regulations may be cited as the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018.

Commencement of provisions2

The following provisions of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 come into force on 31st October 2018—

a

section 109(1) (except paragraphs (e) and (g));

b

section 109(2) to the extent it applies to any research council which ceases to exist by virtue of paragraph (a);

c

section 122(2) to the extent it applies to paragraph (d);

d

in Schedule 12 (minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 3)—

i

paragraph 3 (except the entry for the Medical Research Council);

ii

paragraph 4 (except to the extent it applies to either or both of the Medical Research Council or the Science and Technology Facilities Council);

iii

paragraph 5 (except to the extent it applies to the Medical Research Council and the Science and Technology Facilities Council);

iv

paragraph 11 (except the entries for the Chair or Chief Executive of the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Chairman, Deputy Chairman or Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council);

v

paragraph 12 (except to the extent it applies to the Medical Research Council and the Science and Technology Facilities Council);

vi

paragraph 16(5) and (6);

vii

paragraph 17;

viii

paragraph 19;

ix

paragraph 24(4)(a).

Sam GyimahMinister of StateDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are the fourth commencement Regulations made under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29).

The commencement of section 109(1) (except paragraphs (e) and (g)) causes each of the listed research councils except the Medical Research Council and the Science and Technology Facilities Council to cease to exist.

The commencement of section 109(2) causes the Royal Charters (and any supplemental Royal Charter) of each of the research councils listed at section 109(1) (except the Medical Research Council and the Science and Technology Facilities Council) to be revoked.

Minor and consequential provisions in Schedule 12 are also commenced.

These provisions are commenced on 31st October 2018.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 have been brought into force by Commencement Regulations made before the date of these Regulations.

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.I.No.

Section 1

1st January 2018

2017/788

Section 2

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 3(1), (7), (8) and (10) partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 3 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 4 to 12

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 13(1), (2) and (3) partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 13 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 14

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 16 to 17

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 16 to 17

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 18 partially

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 19 to 20

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 22

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 23 partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 23 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 24

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 25

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 26

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 27

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 28

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 29(2) partially and (4)

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 29 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 30 partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 30 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 31 partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 31 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 32 partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 32 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 34 to 35

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 36 partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 36 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 37

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 42 (1) and (3) partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 42 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 43

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 44(5) partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 44 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 45 (1) and (7) partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 45 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 46 partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 46 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 47 to 49

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 53 to 55

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 58 to 61

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 62(1) to (4)

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 63

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 64 partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 64 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 65 partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 65 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 66(1) partially

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 66(2)(a)

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 66 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 75

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 76

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 77

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 78

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Sections 79 to 82

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 83

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 84

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 85(1) to (3)

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 85 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 88 and 89 partially

1st April 2018

2018/241

Sections 91 to 108

30th March 2018

2018/241

Section 109(3) and (4)

30th March 2018

2018/241

Section 111

30th March 2018

2018/241

Sections 112 to 114

1st April 2018

2018/241

Section 118

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Section 122(1) and (2) partially

1st April 2018

2018/241

Schedule 1

1st January 2018

2017/788

Schedule 2

1st April 2018

2018/241

Schedule 4 Part 1, paragraph 7 of Part 2 and Part 3

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Schedule 4 Part 2 (for all remaining purposes)

1st April 2018

2018/241

Schedule 5

1st April 2018

2018/241

Schedule 6 Part 1 and 3

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Schedule 9

30th March 2018

2018/241

Schedule 10

1st January 2018

2017/1146

Schedule 11 partially

1st April 2018

2018/241

Schedule 12 partially

1st April 2018

2018/241