2014 No. 22

Education

The Designation of Regional Colleges (Scotland) Order 2014

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7A(1) and 34(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 20051 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 7A(2) of that Act, they have consulted with the boards of management of the colleges to which this Order relates, the representatives of any trade union which the colleges recognise or which otherwise appear to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of the colleges’ staff, the colleges’ students’ associations, the local authorities for the areas in which the colleges are situated, the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and any other person appearing to them as likely to be affected by the Order.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Regional Colleges (Scotland) Order 2014 and comes into force on 3rd March 2014.

Designation of Regional Colleges2

1

The following colleges of further education whose boards of management are established in pursuance of Part 1 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 19922 are designated as regional colleges—

  • The Board of Management of Ayrshire College3;

  • The Board of Management of Borders College4;

  • The Board of Management of Dumfries and Galloway College5;

  • The Board of Management of Dundee and Angus College6;

  • The Board of Management of Edinburgh College7;

  • The Board of Management of Fife College8;

  • The Board of Management of Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education9;

  • The Board of Management of North East Scotland College10;

  • The Board of Management of West College Scotland11;

  • The Board of Management of West Lothian College12.

2

The designation of a college of further education as a regional college by paragraph (1) remains in effect notwithstanding any change of name of the college of further education.

MICHAEL RUSSELLA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates each of the ten colleges of further education listed in article 2(1) as a regional college. Article 2(2) provides that the designation of each college of further education as a regional college remains in force notwithstanding any change of name of the college of further education.