(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2(1) of this Order brings into force the following provisions of the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (“the Act”) on 1st May 2014: sections 8, 9(2), 11, 12, 19 and 21 of, and paragraphs 2(4),4,6,7, 8(5) , 8(7), (11), (18), (20) and (22) (so far as not already in force) of the schedule to, the Act.
Article 2(2) of this Order brings into force the following provisions of the Act on 1st August 2014: sections 9(2), 10, 11(2), 21 of, and paragraph 9 of the schedule to, the Act.
Some provisions of the Act are partially commenced for restricted purposes only (article 2(3)).
Article 3 makes transitory modification in relation to paragraphs 3(2)(f), 7(1)(b) and 9(2) of schedule 2A to the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 to make provision in relation to the membership of regional boards for the period until colleges are assigned to the Regional Board for Glasgow Colleges.