214 Unrecognised degrees
Education Reform Act 1988 (1988 c 40) | Legislation

Unrecognised degrees

214  Unrecognised degrees

(1)     Any person who, in the course of business, grants, offers to grant or issues any invitation relating to any award—

(a)     which may reasonably be taken to be an award granted or to be granted by a United Kingdom institution; and

(b)     which either—

(i)     is described as a degree; or

(ii)     purports to confer on its holder the right to the title of bachelor, master or doctor and may reasonably be taken to be a degree;

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(2)     Subsection (1) above does not apply as respects anything done in relation to any recognised award; and for the purposes of this section a “recognised award” means—

[(za)     an award granted or to be granted by a university, college or other body which it is authorised to grant by—

(i)     an authorisation given under section 42(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (“the 2017 Act”),

(ii)     an authorisation varied under section 45(1) of the 2017 Act, or

(iii)     regulations under section 51(1) of the 2017 Act;

(zb)

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