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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-training-funding-and-governance-scotland-act-2026/section-20",
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  "legislation": "asp/2026/5",
  "legislation_title": "Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tertiary-education-and-training-funding-and-governance-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Reporting by the Council",
  "text": "(1) The 2005 Act is modified as follows.\n(2) After section 19A insert—\n“Reporting by the Council\n19B (1) At least once in each financial year, the Council must prepare and publish a report on—\n(a) the financial sustainability of the further and higher education sector, and\n(b) the performance of any persons involved in providing—\n(i) programmes of training for employment,\n(ii) Scottish apprenticeships, and\n(iii) work-based learning.\n(2) A report under subsection (1) may—\n(a) report on the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection either in a single report or separately,\n(b) be part of another document.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may direct the Council to—\n(a) include in a report under subsection (1) particular aspects of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection,\n(b) prepare and publish a report on any matter relating to its functions as the Scottish Ministers may determine.\n(4) A direction under subsection (3)(b) may require the Council to publish the report within a particular period or at particular intervals.\n(5) The Council must comply with a direction given to it under this section.\n(6) The Scottish Ministers may vary or revoke a direction given under this section.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 39(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 1.10.2026 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2026/261, reg. 2(1)(3), sch. Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/5/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:48.229867+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."
}