Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992

[F1 3C (1) In appointing members under paragraph 3(2) or 3A(2) and in extending the period of appointment of any member so appointed, the board or, as the case may be, regional strategic body must have regard to any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers in relation to the making of such appointments (including any guidance on the desirability of appointing members with particular skills and experience). S

(2) Before issuing guidance under sub-paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers must consult—

(a) any board to which the guidance relates;

(b) where it relates to the board of a college which is not a regional college, the regional strategic body for the college;

(c) the local authority for any area in which the board to which the guidance relates is situated;

(d) the relevant students' associations;

(e) the representatives of any trade union which is recognised by a board to which the guidance relates or which otherwise appears to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of its staff;

(f) the Council;

(g) any body which appears to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of colleges of further education;

(h) any body which appears to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of local authorities;

(i) any body which appears to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of students of colleges of further education generally; and

(j) any body which appears to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of trade unions in Scotland.

(3) Different guidance may be issued for different purposes.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 paras. 3-3C substituted for Sch. 2 para. 3 (3.3.2014) by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 12), ss. 6(1), 23(2); S.S.I. 2014/21, art. 2, Sch. 1