Part 1Further and higher education etc.
Provision of further and higher education etc.
4The Scottish Ministers: general duty
(1)
It is the duty of the Scottish Ministers to provide support for—
(a)
the provision of fundable further education and fundable higher education by the F1post-16 education bodies; and
(b)
the undertaking of research among the F2post-16 education bodies.
(2)
The Scottish Ministers are to do so—
(a)
by—
(i)
making grants to the Council under section 9 or 10 (or both); and
(ii)
such other means as they consider appropriate; and
(b)
to such extent as they may determine.