Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee, 21 Nov 2007

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Official Report 212KB pdf

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Subordinate Legislation

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Education<br />(Amendments in respect of Graduate Endowment, Student Fees and Support) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/503)

We move on to agenda item 4, which is consideration of a statutory instrument that is subject to the negative procedure.

Members have a cover note and a copy of the regulations in their papers. No motion to annul has been lodged, and the Subordinate Legislation Committee determined that it did not need to draw the instrument to the Parliament's attention.

Unless any member wants to comment, I suggest that we move straight to the question.

I note that the Subordinate Legislation Committee did not draw any issues to our attention. However, nowhere could I find information on the legislation under which the instrument was introduced. Perhaps it was referred to in the Subordinate Legislation Committee's papers rather than in ours. Under what legislation was it introduced?

That is definitely not in our papers.

I did not see it.

Here is the list. These are the instruments that the regulations amend: the Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 2007; the Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007; the Education Maintenance Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007; the Graduate Endowment (Scotland) Regulations 2007; the Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 2007; the Nursing and Midwifery Student Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007; the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007; and the Education (Student Loans for Tuition Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The parent act is the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.

That is what I wanted to know—where the instrument came from, rather than what it amends. That was helpful, convener. Thank you.

I hope that that long list of regulations and the act gives some clarity.

Are we agreed that the committee has no recommendations to make on the regulations?

Members indicated agreement.