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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/455/article/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Student Fees (Specification) (Scotland) Order 2011</dc:title><dc:subject>Further and higher education</dc:subject><dc:subject>Student finance</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">EDUCATION</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-08-21</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2015-03-31</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order is made under sections 9(6) and (7) and 34(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”). It specifies the fees that are payable by certain students attending courses of higher education at fundable bodies in the 2012/13 academic year. It also amends the Student Fees (Specification) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/401) (“the 2006 Order”). “Fundable body” means a body specified in schedule 2 to the 2005 Act.</dc:description>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/401" id="c00004" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2006" Number="0401">S.S.I.<Character Name="NonBreakingSpace"/>2006/401</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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