Education (Scotland) Act 1980

114 Effect of schemes

(1) Any scheme made or approved under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act shall come into operation—

(a) except as provided in paragraph (b) below, on the date of the making of the statutory or other instrument containing, or (as the case may be) the Order in Council approving, the scheme;

(b) in the case of a scheme contained in a statutory instrument laid before Parliament in pursuance of section 112(6) of this Act, on such date as may be specified in that statutory instrument;

and shall have effect in the same manner as if it had been enacted in this Act, and accordingly, from the said date, any enactment, letters patent, deed, instrument, trust or direction relating to the subject-matter of the scheme, so far as inconsistent with the provisions thereof, shall cease to have effect.

(2) A statutory or other instrument containing a scheme made (otherwise than by the Scottish Universities Committee of the Privy Council), or an Order in Council or other instrument approving a scheme, under this Part of this Act shall be conclusive evidence that that scheme is within the scope of, and was made in conformity with, this Act, and the validity of the scheme shall not be questioned in any legal proceedings whatever.