(1)The Scottish Ministers may by order designate as a regional college any college of further education whose board of management is (or is to be) established in pursuance of Part 1 of the 1992 Act.
(2)Before making an order under this section, the Scottish Ministers must consult—
(a)the board of management of the college to which the order relates (where that board is already established);
(b)the representatives of any trade union which the college recognises or which otherwise appears to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of its staff;
(c)the college's students' association;
(d)the local authority for the area in which the college is situated;
(e)the Council; and
(f)any other person appearing to the Scottish Ministers as likely to be affected by the order.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 7A inserted (13.1.2014) by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 12), ss. 5(1), 23(2); S.S.I. 2013/348, art. 2, Sch.