Scottish Statutory Instruments
Education
Made
7th November 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
11th November 2013
Coming into force
10th December 2013
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 7(1) of that Act, the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council has approved the modifications made in this Order.
1. This Order may be cited as the Fundable Bodies (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 10th December 2013.
2. In schedule 2 (fundable bodies) to the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005(2)—
(a)omit the entries for—
Aberdeen College of Further Education;
The Adam Smith College, Fife;
Angus College of Further Education; and
Anniesland College;
(b)for “Ayr College” substitute “Ayrshire College”;
(c)omit the entries for—
Banff and Buchan College of Further Education;
The Barony College;
Cardonald College;
Carnegie College;
Clydebank College; and
Cumbernauld College;
(d)for “Dundee College” substitute “Dundee and Angus College”;
(e)for “Edinburgh’s Telford College” substitute “Edinburgh College”;
(f)omit the entry for Elmwood College;
(g)after the entry for Elmwood College insert “Fife College”;
(h)after the entry for Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education insert—
“Glasgow Clyde College
Glasgow Kelvin College”;
(i)omit the entries for—
James Watt College;
Jewel and Esk College;
John Wheatley College;
Kilmarnock College; and
Langside College;
(j)for “Motherwell College” substitute “New College Lanarkshire”;
(k)after the entry for Newbattle Abbey College insert “North East Scotland College”;
(l)omit the entries for—
North Glasgow College;
Oatridge College;
Reid Kerr College;
Stevenson College Edinburgh; and
Stow College;
(m)after the entry for Stow College insert “West College Scotland”; and
(n)for “The Scottish Agricultural College” substitute “SRUC”.
MICHAEL RUSSELL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th November 2013
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the Act”) established the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and made provision relating to the funding of bodies which provide further and higher education. Those bodies are described in the Act as “fundable bodies” and are listed in schedule 2 to the Act.
The instrument updates that schedule to reflect changes of name of a number of institutions—
Aberdeen College of Further Education has changed its name to North East Scotland College (article 2(a) and (k))
Ayr College has changed its name to Ayrshire College (article 2(b))
Cardonald College has changed its name to Glasgow Clyde College (article 2(c) and (h))
Carnegie College has changed its name to Fife College (article 2(c) and (g))
Clydebank College has changed its name to West College Scotland (article 2(c) and (m))
Dundee College has changed its name to Dundee and Angus College (article 2(d))
Edinburgh’s Telford College has changed its name to Edinburgh College (article 2(e))
Motherwell College has changed its name to New College Lanarkshire (article 2(j))
North Glasgow College has changed its name to Glasgow Kelvin College (article 2(h) and (l))
The Scottish Agricultural College has changed its name to SRUC (article 2(n)).
Article 2(a), (c), (f), (i) and (l) also remove various entries from that schedule to reflect transfers of property, rights, liabilities and obligations to other fundable bodies and consequential closures of institutions.
Schedule 2 has been amended by S.S.I. 2005/660, S.S.I. 2006/480, S.S.I. 2007/255, S.S.I. 2007/524, S.S.I. 2008/241, S.S.I. 2008/412, S.S.I. 2011/227, S.S.I. 2011/229 and S.S.I. 2012/216.