Part 1Further and higher education etc.

F1Funding 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.