{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-scotland-act-2005/section-23E",
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  "legislation": "asp/2005/6",
  "legislation_title": "Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005",
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  "path": "section/23E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23E",
  "heading": "Regional strategic bodies: general duty",
  "text": "(1) It is the duty of a regional strategic body to exercise its functions with a view to securing the coherent provision of a high quality of fundable further education and fundable higher education in the localities of its colleges.\n(2) In doing so, the regional strategic body must have regard to any fundable further education and fundable higher education provided by other post-16 education bodies in the localities of its colleges.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 23E-23O and cross-heading inserted (1.8.2014) by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 12), ss. 10, 23(2); S.S.I. 2014/79, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/6/section/23E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:27.841262+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."
}