Part 1Further and higher education etc.
F1Scottish apprenticeships
12GRequests for apprenticeship frameworks
(1)
A person may request the Council to prepare or amend a Scottish apprenticeship framework for a particular occupation or activity.
(2)
The Council must consider any request made to it under subsection (1).
(3)
The Council may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost, in whole or in part, of preparing or amending a framework as requested.
(4)
Subsections (2) to (6) of section 12F apply to a framework requested to be prepared or amended under this section.
(5)
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about—
(a)
the process to be followed by the Council in responding to requests to prepare or amend a framework,
(b)
the amount of the fee that the Council may charge for preparing or amending a framework,
(c)
the circumstances in which the fee is to be waived by the Council.