
2025 No. 177
Education
The Regional Strategic Bodies and Regional Colleges (Glasgow and Lanarkshire) Order 2025
Made 10th June 2025
Coming into force 30th July 2025

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(5) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 and sections 7A(1), 7B(2)(a) and (b), 7C(1), 23R(3)(c) and 34(2)(a) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with sections 7A(2), 7B(3) and 7C(6) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 they have consulted with the regional strategic bodies and boards of management of the colleges to which this Order relates, the representatives of any trade union which the colleges recognise or which otherwise appears to the Scottish Ministers to be representative of the colleges’ staff, the colleges’ students’ associations, the local authorities for the areas in which the colleges are situated and in which post-16 education bodies provide fundable further or higher education which is funded by the regional strategic bodies, the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and any other persons appearing to them as likely to be affected by this Order.

In accordance with section 60(2B) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 and section 34(4)(bc) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1 
This Order may be cited as the Regional Strategic Bodies and Regional Colleges (Glasgow and Lanarkshire) Order 2025 and comes into force on 30 July 2025.
Abolition of regional strategic bodies
2 

(1) Schedule 2A of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (regional strategic bodies) is modified as follows.
(2) In Part 1 (regional boards), the entry for “Regional Board for Glasgow Colleges” is repealed.
(3) In Part 2 (other regional strategic bodies), the entry for “New College Lanarkshire” is repealed.
3 
The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council may take such action as is necessary for the purpose of concluding any outstanding matters associated with the abolition of the Regional Board for Glasgow Colleges.
Designation of regional colleges
4 

(1) The following colleges of further education, whose boards of management are established in pursuance of Part 1 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, are designated as regional colleges—
(a) the board of management of City of Glasgow College,
(b) the board of management of Glasgow Clyde College,
(c) the board of management of Glasgow Kelvin College,
(d) the board of management of South Lanarkshire College.
(2) The designation of a college of further education as a regional college by paragraph (1) is to remain in effect notwithstanding any change to the name of the college.
Amendment of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992
5 
Paragraphs 3(5), 5(6) and 5D of schedule 2 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 are repealed.
Amendment of the Lanarkshire Colleges Order 2014
6 
Omit articles 4 and 5 of the Lanarkshire Colleges Order 2014.
Amendment of the Colleges of Further Education and Regional Strategic Bodies (Membership of Boards) (Scotland) Order 2023
7 
Omit article 4 of the Colleges of Further Education and Regional Strategic Bodies (Membership of Boards) (Scotland) Order 2023.
Revocation
8 
The Assigned Colleges (Scotland) Order 2014 is revoked.
GRAEME DEY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
10th June 2025