““work-based learning” has the meaning given by 10 Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Functions of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council Information sharing 6 Information sharing (1) The 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After section 12J (as inserted by section 5(3)) insert— 5 “12K Information sharing on national training programmes, apprenticeships and work-based learning Any person to whom the Council makes grants, loans or other payments under section 12D or 12J must provide the Council with such information as the Council may request for the purposes of or in connection with the programme 10 of training for employment, Scottish apprenticeship or work-based learning 1 (as the case may be) for which the payments are made.”. (3) In section 17 (advisory functions), in subsection (1), before paragraph (a) insert— “(za) provision and funding of programmes of training for employment, apprenticeships and work-based learning,”. 15 6A Requirement to promote proactive publication (1) The 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After section 12K (as inserted by section 6(2)), insert— “12L Proactive publication (1) The Council and any fundable body that receives a payment from the Council 20 under section 12(1), 12D(2), or 12J(2), must take steps to adopt a proactive approach to the publication of data which is appropriate for disclosure in the public domain. (2) In this section, a “proactive approach” includes the routine identification and publication of appropriate information without the need for specific requests.”. 25 Notifications to the Council by post-16 education bodies 7 Notifications to the Council by post-16 education bodies (1) The 2005 Act is modified as follows. (2) After section 14A insert— “14B Notifications to the Council by post-16 education bodies 30 (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations— (a) require post-16 education bodies to notify the Council of matters specified in the regulations, (b) specify the form and manner in which notifications are to be made to the Council, including the periods within which the Council is to be 35 notified. (2) Before laying a draft of regulations under subsection (1) before the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Ministers must consult— (a) the Council, 11 Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Functions of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (b) the post-16 education bodies, and (c) such other persons as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.”.