Part 1: The Office for Students Quality and standards Section 26: Report on operation of section 25 schemes
This section places a duty on the Secretary of State before the end of the initial period to appoint a suitable independent person (defined by subsections (2) and (3)) to prepare a report on the operation during that initial period of any scheme or schemes established under section 25. The initial period, defined in subsection (7), means the period of one year beginning with the date on which section 25 comes into force.
	Subsection (4) requires that, as soon as possible after the initial period, the appointed person must prepare the report send it to the Secretary of State, who must lay it before Parliament (subsection (6)).
	Subsection (5) sets out the required scope of the report.
	This section forms part of the law of England and Wales.