10Additional grants
(1)In addition to any grants made under section 9, the Scottish Ministers may make further grants to the Council.
(2)In particular, a grant under subsection (1) may be made for the purposes of supporting—
(a)restructuring among the fundable bodies (including the merger or demerger of such bodies);
(b)innovation in the provision of fundable further education and fundable higher education; or
(c)collaboration between the fundable bodies.
(3)In making a grant under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must specify the purposes for which the grant is made.
(4)A grant made under subsection (1) is subject to such terms and conditions as the Scottish Ministers consider it appropriate to impose.
(5)Terms and conditions imposed under subsection (4) may, in particular—
(a)relate to—
(i)the repayment (in whole or in part) of a grant in such circumstances as they may specify;
(ii)the interest payable in respect of any period during which a sum due to the Scottish Ministers is outstanding;
(b)include the condition referred to in subsection (4) of section 9.
(6)But, except in the case of a grant made for the purposes of supporting any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (2)—
(a)the purposes specified under subsection (3);
(b)terms and conditions imposed under subsection (4),
may not be framed by reference to a particular fundable body.