Commentary on Sections Additional functions Section 22: Additional functions of the Commission
83.Subsection (1) enables the Welsh Ministers to confer supplementary functions on the Commission by way of regulations. A supplementary function conferred on the Commission under these powers must relate to tertiary education, or research and innovation, and be exercisable by the Welsh Ministers (subsection (2)).
84.Subsections (3) and (4) enable the Welsh Ministers to direct that their functions in relation to the land or other property of an institution in Wales within the higher or further education sector, may be exercised by the Commission. The Welsh Ministers’ functions arise where they are entitled to a right or interest in respect of that property. The Commission is required to exercise these functions in accordance with directions given by the Welsh Ministers (subsection (5)).