Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2017.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st January 2018.

(3) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.

Transitory provision relating to the publication of the regulatory framework

2. Until such time as section 5 of the Act (the initial and general ongoing registration conditions) comes into force, the references in section 75 (regulatory framework) to the “general ongoing registration conditions” are to be read as references to the conditions which the Office for Students reasonably expects it will determine to be the general ongoing registration conditions under section 5 of the Act.

Transitory provision relating to the designation of bodies under Schedule 4 and Schedule 6 to the Act

3. —(1) In the Act, the references to “registered higher education providers”( 2 ) in—

(a) Schedule 4, in paragraphs 1(3)(a) and (b), 4(3)(a) and (b) and 5(4)(b) and (c), and

(b) Schedule 6, in paragraphs 1(3)(a) and (b), 4(3)(a) and (b), 5(4)(b) and (c),

are to be read as references to “English higher education providers”( 3 ) during the transitional period.

(2) In paragraph (1), the “transitional period” means the period which—

(a) begins with 1st January 2018; and

(b) ends with 31st July 2019.