(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order assigns each of the three colleges of further education listed in article 2(1) to the Regional Board for Glasgow Colleges which is established on 1st May 2014 under section 7B(1) of, and schedule 2A to, the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”). Article 2(2) provides that each college of further education remains assigned notwithstanding any change of name of the college of further education.
Article 3 of the Order makes a transitional provision in relation to any student of the City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Clyde College or Glasgow Kelvin College who is appointed on or before 31st August 2014 as a member of the Regional Board for Glasgow Colleges under paragraphs 3(2)(e) and 4 of schedule 2B to 2005 Act. Paragraph 7(2)(d) of schedule 2B (under which such a student’s term of office would have otherwise ceased on 31st August 2014) is not to apply to such a student and such a student is to hold office until 31st August 2015.