(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision under section 20 of the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 in connection with the provision of information held about a young person.
Article 2 requires the persons listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 to provide to The Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd (“Skills Development Scotland”) the corresponding information listed in column 2. Article 2(3) requires those persons to provide the information to Skills Development Scotland in electronic form and no less frequently than at monthly intervals.
Article 3 requires Skills Development Scotland to provide to the persons listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 the corresponding information which is listed in column 2. Article 3(2) ensures that Skills Development Scotland must provide information about a young person only to those colleges at which a young person has undertaken a programme of learning or course of education and to those education authorities responsible for a young person’s school education. Article 3(3) requires Skills Development Scotland to provide the information to those persons by making the information available in electronic form.