Commentary on Provisions Part 1: Gaelic Chapter 2: Education Section 31: Conditions of grants to the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
109.Section 31 amends the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 to insert a new section 9E.
110.The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 establishes the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council. Section 9 allows the Scottish Ministers to make grants to the Council subject to such terms and conditions as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. New section 9E provides that the Scottish Ministers may impose terms and conditions for the purpose of enabling, encouraging or increasing participation in fundable further education and fundable higher education in the Gaelic language and in Gaelic culture (as defined in subsection (2)). Section 5(1) and (2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 defines fundable further education and section 5(3) defines fundable higher education.
111.Section 31(2) makes consequential amendments to add references to section 9E where there are other references to terms and conditions.