Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992

22 College development plans

(1) Every board of management shall, not later than such date in every financial year as the Secretary of State may determine, submit to the Secretary of State a college development plan in respect of their college.

(2) The college development plan shall be prepared in respect of the academic year commencing in the next following financial year and the succeeding two academic years.

(3) The college development plan shall contain a statement of—

(a) the number of persons the board estimates will be students of the college;

(b) the programmes of learning of further education (within the meaning of section 1(5)(b) of the 1980 Act) which the board proposes to provide or secure the provision of;

(c) the capital expenditure proposed by the board and their estimate of the recurrent expenditure and income of the college; and

(d) such other matters as may be determined by the Secretary of State,

as regards each academic year to which the plan relates.

(4) In preparing their development plan, a board of management—

(a) shall have regard to any guidance issued to them by the Secretary of State; and

(b) shall consult with the education authority in whose area the college is situated and the local enterprise company for the area in which the college is situated,

and in this subsection “local enterprise company” has the meaning given by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 2 to this Act.

(5) A development plan prepared in pursuance of this section shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may determine.

(6) Any power of the Secretary of State under this section to make a determination may be exercised differently in respect of different colleges.