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The Assigned Colleges (University of the Highlands and Islands) Order 2014

S.S.I. 2014/146 · Made 28 May 2014

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Education

Made 28th May 2014

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 30th May 2014

Coming into force 1st August 2014

The Scottish Ministers make the following order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7C(1) and 34(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 7C(6) of that Act, they have consulted with the University of the Highlands and Islands, the governing bodies of the colleges to which this Order relates, the representatives of any trade union which is recognised by the colleges or which otherwise appears to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of the colleges’ staff, the colleges’ students’ associations, the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, the local authorities for the areas in which the colleges are situated, and other persons appearing to them as likely to be affected by the Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2005 asp 6. Section 7C was inserted by section 8(3) of the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 12) (“the Act”).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Assigned Colleges
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Assigned Colleges (University of the Highlands and Islands) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st August 2014.

2Assigned Colleges

(1)

The following colleges of further educationf1 are assigned to the University of the Highlands and Islandsf2—

  • The Board of Management of Inverness Collegef3;

  • The Board of Management of Lews Castle Collegef4;

  • The Board of Management of Moray Collegef5;

  • The Board of Management of The North Highland Collegef6;

  • The governing body of Orkney Collegef7;

  • The Board of Management of Perth Collegef8;

  • The governing body of Shetland Collegef9;

  • West Highland College UHIf10.

(2)

A college of further education assigned under paragraph (1) remains assigned to the University of the Highlands and Islands notwithstanding any change of name of the college of further education.

Signature

MICHAEL RUSSELL

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

28th May 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order assigns each of the eight colleges of further education listed in article 2(1) to the University of the Highlands and Islands which is a regional strategic body under section 7B(1) of, and Part 2 of schedule 2A to, the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005. Article 2(2) provides that each college of further education remains assigned notwithstanding any change of name of the college of further education.