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Education (Scotland) Act 2025

Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018

239.Paragraph 8 adds Qualifications Scotland to the list of bodies in schedule 1 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”). This means that in appointing members to Qualifications Scotland, the Scottish Ministers must ordinarily give preference to a woman if there are equally qualified candidates – one who is a woman and one who is not – where appointing a woman would result in, or be a step towards, 50% of the body’s membership being women (see section 4 of the 2018 Act).

240.addition, the 2018 Act requires that steps be taken to encourage women to apply to be members of Qualifications Scotland (see section 5 of the 2018 Act), and further steps to be taken to promote gender balance in the membership if the 50% target has not been reached by particular dates (see section 6 of the 2018 Act).

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