Section 3(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 requires the Office for Students (“the OfS”) to establish and maintain a register of English higher education providers. Section 3(2) of that Act provides that the register may be divided by the OfS into different parts representing different categories of registration. The OfS has decided to divide the register into two parts: ‘Approved’ and ‘Approved (fee cap)’.