Scottish Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 82 (C. 18)
Education
The Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2015
Made 25th February 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 27th February 2015
Coming into force 31st March 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 23(2) of the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013.
2013 asp 12.

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2015 and comes into force on 31st March 2015.

Appointed day
2. 31st March 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013, so far as not already in force.
ANGELA CONSTANCE
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
25th February 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order brings into force on 31st March 2015 the provisions of the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 which are not yet fully in force. The main effect is to fully commence paragraph 8(6) of the schedule to that Act, which inserts section 7D(7) to (9) into the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 7th August 2013. Section 23(1) of the Act brought into force sections 22 to 24 of the Act on the day after Royal Assent. The provisions of the Act commenced by earlier commencement orders are detailed in the table below.
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.S.I.No.
Section 1	10th October 2013	2013/281
Sections 2 to 4	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 5(1)	13th January 2014	2013/348
Section 5(2)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 6(1)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 6(2)	10th October 2013	2013/281
Section 7	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 8(1) and (2) (partially)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 8(1) and (2) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/144
Section 8(3)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 8 (partially)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Section 9(1)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 9(2) (partially)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Section 9(2)	1st August 2014	2014/79
Section 10	1st August 2014	2014/79
Section 11(1)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Section 11(2) (partially)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Section 11(2)	1st August 2014	2014/79
Section 12	1st May 2014	2014/79
Section 13 (partially)	10th October 2013	2013/281
Sections 13 to 17	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 18	13th January 2014	2013/348
Section 19 (partially)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 19	1st May 2014	2014/79
Section 20	13th January 2014	2013/348
Section 21 (partially)	10th October 2013	2013/281
Section 21 (partially)	13th January 2014	2013/348
Section 21 (partially)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Section 21 (partially)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Section 21 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 1	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 2(1)	13th January 2014	2013/348
Schedule, paragraph 2(2)(b) (partially)	13th January 2014	2013/348
Schedule, paragraph 2(2) and (3)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 2(4)(b)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 2(4)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 2(5) to (7)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 2(7)(d)	10th October 2013	2013/281
Schedule, paragraph 3	10th October 2013	2013/281
Schedule, paragraph 4	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 5	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 6	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 7 (partially)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 7	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 8(1)	13th January 2014	2013/348
Schedule, paragraph 8(2) to (4)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(5)(a)(i)	10th October 2013	2013/281
Schedule, paragraph 8(5)(a)(ii)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(5)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 8(6) (partially)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(7)(a)(ii) and (b), (c) and (e) to (j)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(7)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 8(8) to (10)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(11)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 8(12) to (17)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(18) (partially)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(18)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 8(19)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(20)(a)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(20)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 8(21)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(22)(a)	10th October 2013	2013/281
Schedule, paragraph 8(22)(b)	10th October 2013	2013/281
Schedule, paragraph 8(22)(c) (partially)	10th October 2013	2013/281
Schedule, paragraph 8(22)(c) (partially)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 8(22)	1st May 2014	2014/79
Schedule, paragraph 8(23)(a)(i)	13th January 2014	2013/348
Schedule, paragraph 8(23)(a)(iii) (partially)	13th January 2014	2013/348
Schedule, paragraph 8(23)(a)(iv) (partially)	13th January 2014	2013/348
Schedule, paragraph 8(23) to (24)	3rd March 2014	2014/21
Schedule, paragraph 9	1st August 2014	2014/79