{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2025/11",
  "legislation_title": "Education (Scotland) Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-scotland-act-2025",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Working with, or recognition of, others",
  "text": "(1) Qualifications Scotland may, whether within or outwith Scotland—\n(a) provide services (including advice or assistance),\n(b) act as agent for another person,\nin respect of any matter to which its functions relate.\n(2) Qualifications Scotland must work in collaboration with others (whether within or outwith Scotland), in every case in which it appears to Qualifications Scotland appropriate to do so, in respect of any matter to which its functions relate.\n(3) Qualifications Scotland may confer fellowships or other awards on persons who, in the opinion of Qualifications Scotland, have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of education or training.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6: functions made exercisable in or as regards places outwith Scotland (1.2.2026) by The Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1350), arts. 1(4), 2(1); S.S.I. 2026/2, sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 66(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 1.2.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/2, reg. 2(2)(3), sch. Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/11/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:55.294655+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}