PART 3Consequential amendments to secondary legislation

Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations 200727

1

The Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations 200742 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)43—

a

omit the definition of “HEFCE”;

b

in the appropriate places, insert—

  • “OfS” means the Office for Students;

  • “UKRI” means United Kingdom Research and Innovation;

3

In regulation 4(4) (fee charging), for “condition imposed under section 24 of the Higher Education Act 2004”, substitute “fee limit condition imposed under section 10 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017”.

4

In regulation 6 (awards by research councils and others)44—

a

in the heading, after “research councils”, insert “, UKRI”;

b

in paragraph (1), after “Schedule 2”, insert “, or UKRI,”.

5

In regulation 8 (payments by HEFCE)45—

a

in the heading, for “HEFCE”, substitute “the OfS”;

b

for “HEFCE”, each time it appears, substitute “OfS”;

c

in paragraph (1), for “65 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992”, substitute “39 or 40 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017”.