# Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026, Section 2: General duty of the Council to secure high-quality learning

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(1) The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 is modified as follows.
(2) In section 3 (the Council: general duty), for the words from “securing” to the end substitute
“securing—
(a) the coherent provision (as a whole) of—
(i) a high quality of fundable further education and fundable higher education by the post-16 education bodies, and
(ii) a high quality of Scottish apprenticeships and work-based learning, and
(b) the undertaking of research among the post-16 education bodies.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/5/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-training-funding-and-governance-scotland-act-2026/section-2
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