58.This section of the Act inserts a new section 12K into the 2005 Act, requiring persons in receipt of funding from the Council under the new powers set out in sections 12D and 12J (see sections 3 and 5 of the Act respectively) to provide the Council with such information as the Council may request relating to the training programme, Scottish apprenticeship or work-based learning (as the case may be) for which the funding is made.
59.In addition, subsection (3) of this section amends section 17 of the 2005 Act so that the Council is obliged, when required to do so by Ministers, to provide information, advice and assistance to Ministers in relation to the provision and funding of training for employment, work-based learning and apprenticeships; otherwise the Council has discretion to provide the Scottish Ministers with information and advice relating to those matters whenever it considers it appropriate to do so.
Commentary on Provisions Part 2 – Functions of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council Section 14: Information sharing