“Welsh funded institution” means an institution maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of funds provided by the Welsh Ministers;

“Welsh regulated institution” means an institution which has a fee and access plan approved by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales under section 7 of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 whilst that plan remains in force;

“protected English provider” means an institution which on or after 1 August 2018 but before 1 August 2019 was maintained or assisted by recurrent grants pursuant to section 65 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 other than an institution maintained or assisted by recurrent grants made by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;

“registered English institution” means an institution registered by the Office for Students in the register;

“English regulated institution” means a registered English institution subject to a fee limit condition under section 10 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017;

“English plan provider” means a registered English institution which has an access and participation plan approved by the Office for Students under section 29 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 and which remains in force;

“Scottish funded institution” means an institution maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of funds provided by the Scottish Ministers;

“Northern Irish funded institution” means an institution maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of funds provided by the Northern Ireland Executive.