Explanatory Notes

Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Act 2016

2016 asp 15

13 April 2016

Commentary on Sections

Part 3: General Provisions

Section 24: Ancillary regulations

48.Section 24(1) gives the Scottish Ministers the power, by regulations, to make such supplemental, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as they consider necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the Act. Section 24(2)(a) provides that these regulations will be subject to the affirmative procedure when they add to, replace, or omit any part of the Act or any other Act. Section 24(2)(b) provides that, in all other circumstances, regulations will be subject to the negative procedure.