Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005

[F1 12J Administration of funds by the Council for Scottish apprenticeships and work-based learning S

(1) The Council is responsible for administering all grants made to it under section 12I for the purpose of securing the delivery of Scottish apprenticeships and work-based learning.

(2) The Council may make grants, loans or other payments to a training provider for the purpose of the delivery of Scottish apprenticeships or work-based learning.

(3) In subsection (2), a “training provider” means a person who—

(a) provides either work-based learning or the training of an apprentice required under a Scottish apprenticeship framework, and

(b) meets criteria set out in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.

(4) A payment made under subsection (2) may be subject to such terms and conditions as the Council considers it appropriate to impose.

(5) The Council must impose conditions on a payment made under subsection (2) that—

(a) any person who is contracted by a training provider to deliver the learning or training must also be a training provider within the meaning of subsection (3), and

(b) no training provider (whether the person receiving the payment or another person contracted to deliver the learning or training) is entitled to retain more than such percentage of the payment as the Council considers reasonable as a fee for managing the delivery of the learning or training.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 12I, 12J and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2026 except for the insertion of s. 12J(5)) by Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Act 2026 (asp 5), ss. 12(3), 39(2); S.S.I. 2026/261, reg. 2(1)(3), sch. Pt. 1