Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013

20 Duty to provide information to Skills Development Scotland

(1) The Scottish Ministers may, by order, require a person to provide information the person holds about a young person to The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited for the purposes of enabling or assisting it—

(a) to monitor that young person’s involvement in education or training,

(b) to provide advice or support as regards that young person’s education or training,

(c) to exercise any of its other functions in relation to that young person.

(2) Such an order may specify—

(a) the persons who are to be required to provide information,

(b) the information, or type of information, which must be provided, and

(c) the form and manner in which it is to be provided.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may, by order, require The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited to provide information it holds about a young person to such persons who provide education or training to young persons as may be specified in the order.

(4) Such an order may specify—

(a) the information, or type of information, which must be provided, and

(b) the form and manner in which it is to be provided.

(5) The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited and any person who is required to provide information by virtue of this section must have regard to any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers about the provision or use of such information.

(6) In this section, “young person” means a person aged over 15 and under 25.

(7) The Scottish Ministers may, by order, modify this section—

(a) by replacing the references in subsections (1), (3) and (5) to the person to whom information is to be provided in pursuance of subsection (1) and who may be required to provide information in pursuance of subsection (3) with references to such other person as they consider appropriate, or

(b) where that person changes its name, by modifying references to that person in subsections (1), (3) and (5) to reflect that change of name.

(8) An order under this section may make different provision for different purposes.

(9) An order under subsection (1) or (3) is subject to the affirmative procedure.

(10) An order under subsection (7)(a) is subject to the negative procedure.