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I am pleased to inform Members that yesterday I made the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No.2 and Transitory Provision) Order 2023\.


The duty of the Welsh Ministers to publish a statement of their priorities for and in connection with tertiary education and research will be brought into force on 4 September 2023, with my intention being to publish the first statement in December.


In addition to commencing this duty, the Order also commences section 14 of the Act requiring the Commission to prepare a strategic plan setting out how it intends to discharge its strategic duties and address the statement of priorities.  The Commission will be required to submit its draft plan to the Welsh Ministers by 15 December 2024\.


The Commencement Order will bring into force, on 4 September 2023, provisions in relation to the following matters:


* Academic freedom of higher education providers and staff (section 17\);
* Institutional autonomy of tertiary education providers (section 18\);
* Compatibility with charity law and governing documents of tertiary education providers (section 19\);
* Duty on Commission to have regard to guidance published by the Welsh Ministers. (section 20\);
* Provision enabling the Welsh Ministers to give the Commission general directions about the use of any of its functions (section 21\);
* Provision enabling the Welsh Ministers to confer supplementary functions on the Commission by way of regulations (section 22\);
* Provision enabling the Welsh Ministers to make schemes for the transfer of staff and property, rights and liabilities from HEFCW and the Welsh Ministers to the Commission (section 24 and Sch. 2\).
* Power of the Welsh Ministers to fund the Commission (section 85(1\), (2\)(a) and (b)).  The Order brings the remainder of section 85 into force on 1st April 2024\.
* Information and advice from the Commission and information from the Welsh Ministers (section 130\)
* Ability of the Commission to share information (section 132 other than subsection (1\)(f))
* The status, procedures, operational arrangements and committees of the Commission (Schedule 1\)


The Commencement Order also includes provision bringing certain functions within the Act partially into force, so as to enable the Commission to undertake preparatory activities over the autumn and winter to support the implementation of key functions.


The functions being brought partially into force will enable the Commission to undertake the following preparatory activities in respect of the registration system:


* Initial preparation of the document specifying the requirements to be met in relation to the initial conditions of registration (section 27(1\) and (2\));


* Determination of the general ongoing registration conditions (section 28(1\) to (3\), section 31(1\)(a) to (f), (i), (j) and (2\) and sections 32 and 33\);


* Start preparing guidance relating to ongoing registration conditions (sections 35 and 36\);


* Undertake preparatory work to determine how it will monitor registered providers’ compliance with ongoing registration conditions (sections 35 and 36\);


* Start preparing a statement on its funding policy (section 87\).


The Order also includes provision bringing into force the required powers to enable the Welsh Ministers to make the subordinate legislation necessary to support the establishment of the Commission and the ongoing implementation of the Act. 


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Senedd returns I would be happy to do so.







Translation:


 
Rwy'n falch o roi gwybod i'r Aelodau fy mod ddoe wedi gwneud Gorchymyn Deddf Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru) 2022 (Cychwyn Rhif 2 a Darpariaeth Ddarfodol) 2023\.


Bydd dyletswydd Gweinidogion Cymru i gyhoeddi datganiad o'u blaenoriaethau ar gyfer ac mewn cysylltiad ag addysg drydyddol ac ymchwil yn dod i rym ar 4 Medi 2023, ac fy mwriad yw cyhoeddi'r datganiad cyntaf ym mis Rhagfyr.


Yn ogystal â chychwyn y ddyletswydd hon, mae'r Gorchymyn hefyd yn cychwyn adran 14 o'r Ddeddf sy'n ei gwneud yn ofynnol i'r Comisiwn baratoi cynllun strategol yn nodi sut mae'n bwriadu cyflawni ei ddyletswyddau strategol a mynd i'r afael â'r datganiad o flaenoriaethau. Bydd gofyn i'r Comisiwn gyflwyno ei gynllun drafft i Weinidogion Cymru erbyn 15 Rhagfyr 2024\.


Bydd y Gorchymyn Cychwyn, ar 4 Medi 2023, yn dod â darpariaethau mewn perthynas â'r materion canlynol i rym:


* Rhyddid academaidd darparwyr a staff addysg uwch (adran 17\);
* Awtonomi sefydliadol darparwyr addysg drydyddol (adran 18\);
* Cydnawsedd â chyfraith elusennau a dogfennau llywodraethu darparwyr addysg drydyddol (adran 19\);
* Dyletswydd ar y Comisiwn i roi sylw i ganllawiau a gyhoeddir gan Weinidogion Cymru. (adran 20\);
* Darpariaeth sy'n galluogi Gweinidogion Cymru i roi cyfarwyddiadau cyffredinol i'r Comisiwn ynghylch defnyddio unrhyw un o'i swyddogaethau (adran 21\);
* Darpariaeth sy'n galluogi Gweinidogion Cymru i roi swyddogaethau atodol i'r Comisiwn drwy reoliadau (adran 22\);
* Darpariaeth sy'n galluogi Gweinidogion Cymru i wneud cynlluniau ar gyfer trosglwyddo staff ac eiddo, hawliau a rhwymedigaethau o CCAUC a Gweinidogion Cymru i'r Comisiwn (adran 24 ac atodlen 2\).
* Pŵer Gweinidogion Cymru i gyllido’r Comisiwn (adran 85(1\), (2\)(a) a (b)). Mae'r Gorchymyn yn dod â gweddill adran 85 i rym ar 1 Ebrill 2024\.
* Gwybodaeth a chyngor oddi wrth y Comisiwn a gwybodaeth oddi wrth Weinidogion Cymru (adran 130\)
* Gallu'r Comisiwn i rannu gwybodaeth (adran 132 ac eithrio is\-adran (1\)(f))
* Statws, gweithdrefnau, trefniadau gweithredol a phwyllgorau'r Comisiwn (atodlen 1\)


Mae'r Gorchymyn Cychwyn hefyd yn cynnwys darpariaeth sy'n dod â swyddogaethau penodol o fewn y Ddeddf i rym yn rhannol, er mwyn galluogi'r Comisiwn i ymgymryd â gweithgareddau paratoadol dros yr hydref a'r gaeaf i gefnogi gweithredu swyddogaethau allweddol.


Bydd y swyddogaethau sy'n cael eu dwyn i rym yn rhannol yn galluogi'r Comisiwn i ymgymryd â'r gweithgareddau paratoi canlynol mewn perthynas â'r system gofrestru:


* Paratoi’r ddogfen sy'n pennu'r gofynion sydd i'w bodloni mewn perthynas â'r amodau cofrestru cychwynnol (adran 27(1\) a (2\));


* Penderfynu ar yr amodau cofrestru parhaus cyffredinol (adran 28(1\) i (3\), adran 31(1\)(a) i (f), (i), (j) a (2\) ac adrannau 32 a 33\);


* Dechrau paratoi canllawiau yn ymwneud ag amodau cofrestru parhaus (adrannau 35 a 36\);


* Ymgymryd â gwaith paratoi i benderfynu sut y bydd yn monitro cydymffurfiaeth darparwyr cofrestredig ag amodau cofrestru parhaus (adrannau 35 a 36\);


* Dechrau paratoi datganiad ar ei bolisi cyllido (adran 87\).


Mae'r Gorchymyn hefyd yn cynnwys darpariaeth sy'n dwyn i rym y pwerau gofynnol i alluogi Gweinidogion Cymru i wneud yr is\-ddeddfwriaeth sy'n angenrheidiol i gefnogi sefydlu'r Comisiwn a gweithredu'r Ddeddf yn barhaus. 


Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau. Os bydd aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Senedd yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.