Part 4: General Section 118: Pre-commencement consultation
This section provides for the OfS or UKRI to rely on a consultation carried out by others before the coming into force of the relevant power or duty under this Act to carry out that consultation.
	Where the OfS would have a power or duty to carry out such consultation, provision is made for it to be carried out by the Secretary of State, the DFA or HEFCE, or any of them acting jointly. When doing so, provision is also made for the Secretary of State, the DFA or HEFCE to consult English higher education providers before any such providers have been registered.
	Where UKRI would have a power or duty to carry out such consultation, provision is made for it to be carried out by either the Secretary of State or HEFCE or both of them jointly.
	This section forms part of the law of the United Kingdom.