Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 6)

Part 1 S Further and higher education etc.

[F1 Regional colleges: functions S

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 23A-23D and cross-heading inserted (3.3.2014) by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 12), ss. 5(2), 23(2); S.S.I. 2014/21, art. 2, Sch. 1

23C Regional colleges: improvement of economic and social well-being S

(1) A regional college is to exercise its functions with a view to improving the economic and social well-being of the locality of the regional college.

(2) In doing so, the regional college is to have regard to—

(a) social and economic regeneration needs in the locality; and

(b) social cohesion and social inclusion issues in the locality.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), “needs” means needs which appear to the regional college—

(a) to exist for the time being or be likely to exist in the future; and

(b) to be capable of being addressed (wholly or partly) by the provision of fundable further education or fundable higher education.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), “issues” means issues which appear to the regional college—

(a) to exist for the time being or be likely to exist in the future; and

(b) to be capable of being addressed (wholly or partly) by the provision of fundable further education or fundable higher education.]