3.—(1) Subject to regulation 4, an ongoing fee is payable by an institution for each ongoing registration year.
(2) Subject to regulations 5 and 7, the ongoing fee payable is the amount in column 3 of the table in the Schedule which corresponds to the number of full time equivalent students for that institution as specified in column 2.
(3) For the purpose of ascertaining the ongoing fee payable in accordance with paragraph (2), the OfS must—
(a)determine the number of full time equivalent students for each registered higher education provider;
(b)make that determination in accordance with the principles set out in the ‘Calculating student numbers’ consultation response published by the OfS on 24th October 2018 M1;
(c)publish, on or before 1st July in each calendar year, a list of all its current determinations made in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) and (b); and
(d)whenever an institution is registered in the register after the date when the first list is published under sub-paragraph (c)—
(i)revise the most recent list published under sub-paragraph (c) by adding its determination for that institution; and
(ii)publish the revised list within the period of 30 days beginning with that institution's date of entry in the register.
(4) Subject to regulation 10(2), an ongoing fee is to be paid by an institution no later than the later of—
(a)1st August in the ongoing registration year to which it relates; or
(b)the last day of the payment period specified in accordance with regulation 9(2)(b)(ii) in a notice given to it under regulation 9(1).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 3 in force at 6.4.2019, see reg. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M1The OfS carried out a consultation in September 2018 on the principles which would guide how they count student numbers for regulatory purposes and published its response on 24th October 2018. The consultation paper (OfS 2018.32) is available at https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/calculating-student-numbers-consultation-on-the-principles-guiding-how-we-will-calculate-student-numbers-for-regulatory-purposes/ and the response (OfS 2018.48) is available at https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/calculating-student-numbers-consultation-response/. Hard copies are available from the Office for Students, Nicholson House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SR.