Ss. 12C, 12D and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2026) by Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026 (asp 5), ss. 10(3), 39(2); S.S.I. 2026/261, reg. 2(1), sch. Pt. 1

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/6/section/12CFurther and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision establishing the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and provision as to its functions; to make provision as to support for further and higher education; to make provision relating to bodies which provide further and higher education; and for connected purposestexttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-10-02Expert Participation2026-10-01Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 9A(1)Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 5(2)(a)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 9A(2)Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 5(2)(b)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 9B(3)Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 5(3)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 9FTertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 6(2)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 9GTertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 7(2)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 9HTertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 8(2)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 9ITertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 9(2)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 12LTertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 15(2)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 17ATertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 19(2)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005s. 25BTertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 24(2)s. 39(2)Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005sch. 1 para. 3(1)(aa)-(ae)Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 29(2)(a)s. 39(2)reg. 2(2)sch. Pt. 2Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005sch. 1 para. 3(1A)Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 29(2)(c)s. 39(2)reg. 2(2)sch. Pt. 2Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005sch. 1 para. 18(1A)Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026s. 7(3)s. 39(2)Part 1Further and higher education etc.Funding for national training programmes
12CGrants to the Council for national training programmes(1)

The Scottish Ministers may make grants to the Council for the purpose of securing the delivery of programmes of training for employment.

(2)

A grant made under subsection (1) is subject to such terms and conditions as the Scottish Ministers consider it appropriate to impose.

(3)

Terms and conditions imposed under subsection (2) may, in particular, require—

(a)

that a specified programme is to be secured,

(b)

that a programme to achieve a specified outcome is to be secured,

(c)

that a programme directed at specified persons or specified descriptions of persons is to be secured,

(d)

that, when making a payment to any person under section 12D, the Council is to impose a specified condition.

(4)

The Scottish Ministers must—

(a)

publish terms and conditions imposed under subsection (2), together with the reasons for considering them appropriate to impose, or

(b)

if they consider it would not be appropriate to publish terms and conditions imposed under subsection (2), publish a statement of their reasons for considering it would not be appropriate to do so.

(5)

In subsection (3), “specified” means specified in the terms and conditions.