Further education institutions: good governance

I114Further education institutions: good governance

After section 9A of the 2005 Act, inserted by section 2, insert—

9BFurther education institutions: good governance

1

The Scottish Ministers may, under section 9(2), impose a condition that the Council must, when making a payment under section 12(1) to a college of further education which is a fundable post-16 education body, require it to comply with any principles of governance which appear to the Council to constitute good practice in relation to colleges of further education.

2

The Scottish Ministers may, under section 9(2), impose a condition that the Council must, when making a payment to a regional strategic body under section 12(1), require it—

a

to comply with any principles of governance which appear to the Council to be appropriate in relation to such a body; or

b

to impose, when making a payment to any of its colleges under section 12B(1), a condition requiring the college to comply with any principles of governance which appear to the Council to constitute good practice in relation to colleges of further education.