The Fundable Bodies (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2007

Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 34(4) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2007 No.

EDUCATION

The Fundable Bodies (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2007

Made

2007

Coming into force

30th November 2007

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.

In accordance with section 34(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Fundable Bodies (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2007 and comes into force on 30th November 2007.

Modification of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005

2.  In schedule 2 to the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (fundable bodies)–

(a) after “Cardonald College” insert “Carnegie College”;

(b) for “Jewel and Esk Valley College” substitute “Jewel and Esk College”;

(c) omit “Lauder College”;

(d) omit “Bell College of Technology”;

(e) omit “University of Paisley”; and

(f) after “University of Strathclyde” insert “University of the West of Scotland”.

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

2007

Explanatory Note

(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.

This Order updates the list of fundable bodies by amending schedule 2 to the Act to address the change of name from Lauder College to Carnegie College, the change of name from Jewel and Esk Valley College to Jewel and Esk College, the merger of the University of Paisley and Bell College of Technology and the subsequent change of name from the University of Paisley to the University of the West of Scotland, which are given effect to respectively by the Bell College of Technology (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/171) and the University of the West of Scotland Order of Council 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/426). In terms of section 49 of the Act, the governing body of the University of Paisley resolved to change the name on 17th October 2006 and the Privy Council consented to the change of name by letter dated 18th July 2007.

Article 2(a) and (c) adds Carnegie College to and removes Lauder College from, respectively, the list of fundable bodies.

Article 2(b) substitutes Jewel and Esk College for Jewel and Esk Valley College on the list of fundable bodies.

Article 2(d) and (e) removes, respectively, Bell College of Technology and University of Paisley from the list of fundable bodies.

Article 2(f) adds the University of the West of Scotland to the list of fundable bodies.

(1)

2005 asp 6; relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2005/660, article 2, S.S.I. 2006/480, article 2 and S.S.I. 2007/255, article 2.