(1)The Council shall be responsible, subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, for administering funds made available to the Council by the Secretary of State and others for the purposes of providing financial support for activities eligible for funding under this section.
(2)The activities eligible for funding under this section are—
(a)the provision of education and the undertaking of research by such institutions in Scotland as are within the higher education sector;
(b)the provision of any facilities, and the carrying on of any other activities, by such institutions in Scotland as are within the higher education sector which the governing bodies of those institutions consider it necessary or desirable to provide or carry on for the purpose of or in connection with education or research;
(c)the provision of services by any person for the purpose of, or in connection with, the provision of education or the undertaking of research by such institutions in Scotland as are within the higher education sector;
(d)the provision of such courses of higher education as the Secretary of State may direct as are provided in colleges of further education within the meaning of section 36(1) of this Act; and
(e)the provision of such courses in such other institutions in Scotland under the management of or receiving assistance by way of payments from education authorities as the Secretary of State may direct.
(3)The Council may—
(a)make grants, loans or other payments to the governing body of any institution within the higher education sector in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by them for the purposes of any activities eligible for funding under this section by virtue of subsection (2)(a) or (b) above;
(b)make grants, loans or other payments to any person in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by him for the purpose of the provision of any services eligible for funding under this section by virtue of subsection (2)(c) above; and
(c)make grants, loans or other payments to the board of management of a college of further education within the meaning of Part I of this Act, an education authority or such other person as they consider appropriate in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by them for the purpose of the provision as mentioned in subsection (2)(d) and (e) above of such courses of higher education as the Secretary of State may direct,
subject in each case to such terms and conditions as the Council think fit.
(4)The terms and conditions on which the Council may make any grants, loans or other payments under this section may in particular—
(a)enable the Council to require the repayment, in whole or in part, of sums paid by the Council if any of the terms and conditions subject to which the sums were paid is not complied with; and
(b)require the payment of interest in respect of any period during which a sum due to the Council in accordance with any of the terms and conditions remains unpaid,
but shall not relate to the application by the body to whom the grants or other payments are made of any sums derived otherwise than from the Council.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 40(5)(6) repealed (1.9.2002) by 2001 c. 10, ss. 34(2), 42(6), Sch. 9 (with s. 43(13)); S.I. 2002/2217, art. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. 1
Commencement Information
I1S. 40 wholly in force at 1.4.1993 see s. 63(2) and S.I. 1992/817, art. 3(2), Sch. 4
(1)Before exercising their discretion under section 40(3)(a) of this Act with respect to the terms and conditions to be imposed in relation to any grants, loans or other payments, the Council shall consult such of the following bodies as appear to the Council to be appropriate to consult in the circumstances—
(a)such bodies representing the interests of institutions within the higher education sector as appear to the Council to be concerned; and
(b)the governing body of any particular institution within that sector which appears to the Council to be concerned.
(2)In exercising their functions in relation to the provision of financial support for activities eligible for funding under section 40 of this Act the Council shall have regard to the desirability of not discouraging any institution for whose activities financial support is provided under that section from maintaining or developing its funding from other sources.
(3)In exercising the functions mentioned in subsection (2) above, the Council shall have regard (so far as they think it appropriate to do so in the light of any other relevant considerations) to the desirability of maintaining any distinctive characteristics of any institution within that sector for whose activities financial support is provided under the said section 40.
Commencement Information
I2S. 41 wholly in force at 1.4.1993 see s. 63(2) and S.I. 1992/817, art. 3(2), Sch. 4
(1)The Secretary of State may make grants to the Council of such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as he may determine.
(2)The terms and conditions subject to which grants are made by the Secretary of State to the Council—
(a)may in particular impose requirements to be complied with in respect of every institution, or every institution falling within a class or description specified in the terms and conditions, being requirements to be complied with in the case of any institution to which the requirements apply before financial support of any amount or description so specified is provided by the Council in respect of activities carried on by the institution; but
(b)shall not otherwise relate to the provision of financial support by the Council in respect of activities carried on by any particular institution or institutions.
(3)Such terms and conditions may not be framed by reference to particular courses of study or programmes of research (including the contents of such courses or programmes and the manner in which they are taught, supervised or assessed) or to the criteria for the selection and appointment of academic staff and for the admission of students.
[F2(3A)The power of the Secretary of State under subsection (1) above to impose conditions shall include power to impose a condition requiring the Council to impose, in such cases as may be specified in the condition, a condition under subsection (3B) below in relation to any grants, loans or other payments made by the Council under section 40(3) of this Act in respect of activities eligible for funding under that section.
(3B)A condition under this subsection shall require the recipient of a grant, loan or other payment made under section 40(3) of this Act to secure that the fees payable to the recipient by any class of persons prescribed by regulations in connection with their attending courses of any description so prescribed are equal to such maximum amount as may, in relation to any such class of persons attending courses of any such description, be determined by the Secretary of State under section 73D(2) of the M1Education (Scotland) Act 1980.
(3C)No condition under subsection (3B) above shall apply in relation to any fees which are payable, in accordance with regulations under section 1 of the M2Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (fees at universities and further education establishments), by students other than those falling within any class of persons prescribed by such regulations for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) of that section (persons connected with the United Kingdom, etc.).
(3D)The Secretary of State shall not exercise the power to prescribe descriptions of courses under subsection (3B) above in such a way as to discriminate—
(a)in relation to courses for the training of persons preparing to be teachers which are open only to persons holding a degree, between different courses on the basis of the subject in which such training is given; or
(b)in relation to other courses, between courses at the same or a comparable level on the basis of the particular areas of study or research to which they relate.
(3E)A condition under subsection (3B) above shall impose, in the event of a failure by the recipient of a grant, loan or other payment made under section 40(3) of this Act to comply with the requirement specified in that subsection, such further financial requirements on that recipient as may be specified, which may include requirements relating to the repayment, with or without interest, of the whole or any part of any sums received by that recipient in respect of the grant, loan or other payment in question.
(3F)Subsection (3) above shall not apply in relation to conditions imposed under subsection (1) above by virtue of subsection (3A) above.
(3G)The prohibition contained in section 40(4) of this Act and the duty imposed by section 41(2) of this Act shall not apply in relation to conditions imposed under subsection (3B) above.]
(4)Such terms and conditions may in particular—
(a)enable the Secretary of State to require the repayment, in whole or in part, of sums paid by him if any of the terms and conditions subject to which the sums were paid is not complied with; and
(b)require the payment of interest in respect of any period during which a sum due to the Secretary of State in accordance with any of the terms and conditions remains unpaid.
Textual Amendments
F2S. 42(3A)-(3G) inserted (16.7.1998) by 1998 c. 30, ss. 31(2), 46(3) (with s. 42(8))
Commencement Information
I3S. 42 wholly in force; s. 42 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 63(2); s. 42(1)(4) in force at 1.6.1992 and s. 42(2)(3) in force at 1.4.1993 by S.I. 1992/817, art. 3(2), Schs. 2, 4
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