Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005
Part 1Further and higher education etc.
Establishment of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
1Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
2Dissolution of other funding bodies
Provision of further and higher education etc.
3The Council: general duty
4The Scottish Ministers: general duty
5Fundable further and higher education
6Fundable bodies
7Fundable bodies: further provision
8Support needs
Funding of further and higher education etc.
9Funding of the Council
10Additional grants
11Administration of funds
12Funding of fundable bodies
The Council: functions
13Quality of fundable further and higher education
14Credit and qualification framework
15Efficiency studies
16Council's right to address meetings
17Advisory functions
18Functions regarding certain property
19Administration of certain support
The Council: exercise of functions
20Council to have regard to particular matters
21Equal opportunities
22Consultation and collaboration
23General powers
The Scottish Ministers: requirements and directions
24Requirements as to Council's functions
25Directions where financial mismanagement
Fundable bodies: miscellaneous
26Academic freedom
27Remit of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
28Inspection of accounts
29Educational use of certain property
30Change of name by certain bodies
31Information about recorded children
Part 2General
32Amendment of enactments
33Ancillary provision
34Orders and regulations
35Interpretation
36Short title and commencement
SCHEDULE 1The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
Status
1(1) The Council is a body corporate.
Membership of the Council
2(1) The Council is to consist of the following members—...
3(1) In appointing members, the Scottish Ministers are to have...
Disqualification from membership
4A person is disqualified from appointment, and from holding office,...
Remuneration, allowances and pensions for members
5(1) The Council is to pay to its members (apart...
Chief executive
6(1) The Council is to employ a chief executive.
Other staff
7(1) All staff employed, immediately before the coming into force...
Continuity of employment etc.
8(1) The contract of employment of a person transferred by...
Transfer of property and liabilities
9(1) All property (including rights) and liabilities, subsisting immediately before...
Proceedings of the Council
10(1) The Council may regulate its own procedure (including any...
Committees
11(1) The Council must establish a committee (a “skills committee”)...
12(1) The Council must establish a committee (a “research committee”)...
13The Council may establish other committees for any purposes relating...
14(1) The Council is to— (a) subject to paragraphs 11(2)...
Delegation of functions
15(1) The Council may authorise— (a) the chief executive;
Participation of Scottish Ministers at meetings
16A representative of the Scottish Ministers is entitled to participate...
Accounts
17(1) The Council must— (a) keep proper accounts and accounting...
Reports and information
18(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each...
SCHEDULE 2Fundable bodies
Institutions formerly eligible for funding by the Scottish Further Education Funding Council
Aberdeen College of Further Education The Adam Smith College, Fife...
Institutions formerly eligible for funding by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
Bell College of Technology Edinburgh College of Art Glasgow Caledonian...
Other institutions
The Robert Gordon University, (as established by the Robert Gordon...
SCHEDULE 3Amendment of enactments
Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11)
1In the Superannuation Act 1972, in Schedule 1(kinds of employment,...
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
2In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part...
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
3In the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, section 23B is repealed....
Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
4In the Race Relations Act 1976— (a) section 18B; and...
Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)
5In section 235 (general interpretation) of the Education Reform Act...
Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 37)
6(1) In the 1992 Act— (a) in section 3 (powers...
Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30)
7In the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998—
Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 1)
8In the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000, in...
Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7)
9In the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act...
Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6)
10In the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act...
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)
11In the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002, in schedule...
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)
12In the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, in schedule...
Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4)
13In the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act...
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council (Establishment) (Scotland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2667)
14The Scottish Further Education Funding Council (Establishment) (Scotland) Order 1998...

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Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005

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An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision establishing the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and provision as to its functions; to make provision as to support for further and higher education; to make provision relating to bodies which provide further and higher education; and for connected purposes