{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-scotland-act-1992/schedule-2/paragraph-3A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/37",
  "legislation_title": "Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-scotland-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The board of a college which is not a regional college is to consist of no fewer than 15 nor more than 20 members.\n(2) The board is to be comprised of—\n(a) a person appointed by the regional strategic body to chair meetings of the board (the “chairing member”);\n(b) the principal of the college;\n(c) a person appointed by being elected by the teaching staff of the college from among their own number;\n(d) a person appointed by being elected by the non-teaching staff of the college from among their own number;\n(da) a person appointed by being nominated by a trade union from among the teaching staff of the college who are members of a branch of a trade union that has a connection with the college;\n(db) a person appointed by being nominated by a trade union from among the non-teaching staff of the college who are members of a branch of a trade union that has a connection with the college;\n(e) two persons appointed by being nominated by the students' association of the college from among the students of the college; and\n(f) other members appointed by the regional strategic body.\n(3) for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(da) and (db), a trade union nominating a person from among a category of staff must be one that—\n(a) is recognised by the board in relation to the category of staff (within the meaning of section 178(3) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992); or\n(b) otherwise appears to the board to be representative of the category of staff, having regard to all relevant factors.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 3-3C substituted for Sch. 2 para. 3 (3.3.2014) by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 12), ss. 6(1), 23(2); S.S.I. 2014/21, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 3A(1) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Colleges of Further Education and Regional Strategic Bodies (Membership of Boards) (Scotland) Order 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/363), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 3A(1) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Colleges of Further Education and Regional Strategic Bodies (Membership of Boards) (Scotland) Order 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/363), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3A(2)(da)(db) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Colleges of Further Education and Regional Strategic Bodies (Membership of Boards) (Scotland) Order 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/363), arts. 1, 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3A(3) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Colleges of Further Education and Regional Strategic Bodies (Membership of Boards) (Scotland) Order 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/363), arts. 1, 2(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/37/schedule/2/paragraph/3A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:47.638900+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."
}