SCHEDULE 4 MODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS RELATING TO PART 2

Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c.37)

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(1)

The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 (reports and accounts of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1)(c), the words “copies of” are repealed, and for the words from “Secretary” to the end substitute “ Scottish Ministers by such time as they may direct ”,

(b)

after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

The Scottish Ministers shall send the statement of accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing.”,

(c)

sub-paragraph (3) is repealed.

(3)

In paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 (accounts of boards of management of colleges of further education)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i)

the words “and audited” are repealed,

(ii)

for the words “Secretary of State”, in the first place where they appear, substitute “ Scottish Ministers ”,

(iii)

for the words from “Secretary of State”, in the second place where they appear, to the end substitute “ Scottish Ministers by such time as they may direct ”,

(b)

after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(2A)

The Scottish Ministers shall send the accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing.”

(4)

In paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 (accounts of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1)(c), the words “copies of” are repealed, and for the words from “Secretary” to the end substitute “ Scottish Ministers by such time as they may direct ”,

(b)

after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

The Scottish Ministers shall send the statement of accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing.”

(c)

sub-paragraph (3) is repealed.