# Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, Section 26A: Equal opportunities: post-16 education bodies etc.

Extent: S

(1) Every post-16 education body and regional strategic body must, when making appointments to its governing body or exercising any of its other functions, do so in a manner which encourages equal opportunities and in particular the observance of the equal opportunities requirements.
(2) In subsection (1), “ equal opportunities ” and “ equal opportunity requirements ” have the same meanings as in Section L2 (equal opportunities) of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/6/section/26A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/further-and-higher-education-scotland-act-2005/section-26A
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