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The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 Amendment Order 2003

S.S.I. 2003/487 · Made 1 October 2003

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EDUCATION

Made 1st October 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd October 2003

Coming into force 14th November 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(8) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and having consulted in accordance with section 12(9) of that Act with such persons or organisations appearing to them to be representative of boards of management, and such other persons as appear to them to be appropriate, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 37. Section 61 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of statutory powers under which this Order is made. The functions of the Secreatry of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Powers of boards of management
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 Amendment Order 2003, and shall come into force on 14th November 2003.

2Powers of boards of management

(1)

The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 is amended in accordance with this article.

(2)

In section 12(2), after section 12(2)(a), insert–

“(aa)

to provide part-time and full-time courses of instruction for persons of school agef1;”.

(3)

In section 12(2)(b), after “further education” insert “or any course of instruction provided under sub-paragraph (aa)”.

Signature

JAMES WALLACE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

1st October 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends section 12(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 by giving a specific power to the boards of management of colleges of further education to provide courses of instruction to schoolchildren aged from five to sixteen.