Ss. 12E-12H and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2026 for the insertion of ss. 12E, 12F; otherwise prosp.) by Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026 (asp 5), ss. 11(2), 39(2); S.S.I. 2026/261, reg. 2(1)(3), sch. Pt. 1

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/6/section/12FFurther 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.Scottish apprenticeships
12FScottish apprenticeship frameworks(1)

The Council may prepare and publish Scottish apprenticeship frameworks.

(2)

A framework is to set out the relevant requirements for a Scottish apprenticeship in respect of different occupations or activities, including—

(a)

the required standards or qualifications to be achieved by apprentices during an apprenticeship, and

(b)

the required types or amount of training.

(3)

In preparing a framework, the Council must have regard to the views of—

(a)

such apprentices, prospective apprentices, and persons who appear to the Council to represent their interests, as the Council considers likely to be affected by the framework,

(b)

representatives of any trade union (within the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992) which appears to the Council to be representative of the interests of apprentices likely to be affected by the framework,

(c)

such employers and prospective employers of apprentices as the Council considers likely to be affected by the framework, and

(d)

such other persons as the Council considers likely to be affected.

(4)

The Council may amend or revoke a Scottish apprenticeship framework.

(5)

Where it amends or revokes a framework, the Council must publish a statement of its reasons for doing so.

(6)

Before amending or revoking a framework, the Council must have regard to the views of—

(a)

such apprentices, prospective apprentices, and persons who appear to the Council to represent their interests, as the Council considers likely to be affected by the amendment or revocation of the framework,

(b)

representatives of any trade union (within the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992) which appears to the Council to be representative of the interests of apprentices likely to be affected by the amendment or revocation of the framework,

(c)

such employers and prospective employers of apprentices as the Council considers likely to be affected by the amendment or revocation of the framework, and

(d)

such other persons as the Council considers likely to be affected.

(7)

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about—

(a)

the requirements for Scottish apprenticeships which are to be specified in a framework, and

(b)

the process to be followed by the Council in preparing, publishing, amending and revoking frameworks.