The Education (Fees, Awards and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 No. 72

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 72

Education

The Education (Fees, Awards and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Made

29th February 2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

2nd March 2012

Coming into force

1st April 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(3), 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(1), sections 1 and 2 of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983(2) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

(1)

1980 c.44. Section 73(f) was amended by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c.30) (“the 1998 Act”), section 29(1) and by the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6), section 3(2). Section 74(1) was amended by the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c.39), section 82(1) and Schedule 10, paragraph 8(17). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the Scotland Act”).

(2)

1983 c.40. Section 1 was relevantly amended by the Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40), section 237(1) and Schedule 12, paragraph 91; by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13), section 93(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 19; and by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c.37), section 62(2) and Schedule 9, paragraph 8. Section 2(3)(a) and the word “other” in section 2(3)(b) were repealed by the 1998 Act, section 44(2) and Schedule 4. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act.