Part 1: The Office for Students Powers to grant degrees etc Section 51: Validation by the OfS
This section sets out the powers of the Secretary of State to authorise, by regulations, the OfS to enter into validation arrangements with registered higher education providers. The validation arrangements may only concern taught awards and the regulations may: require the validation arrangements to conform to prescribed conditions; enable the OfS to authorise registered higher education providers to provide some or all validation arrangements on behalf of the OfS; enable the OfS to deprive a person of an award. The Secretary of State may only exercise these powers after having regard to advice from the OfS.
	This section forms part of the law of England and Wales.