Part 1
Qualifications Scotland
2 The function of awarding qualifications
3 The quality assurance function
6 Working with, or recognition of, others
7 Duties when exercising functions
8 Consultation with Strategic Advisory Council
10 Expert Group on Qualifications Standards
12 The teacher and practitioner charter
13 Reviewing and revising the charters
15 Guidance about assistance for people with educational support needs
16 Corporate plan of Qualifications Scotland
17 Annual report of Qualifications Scotland
18 Annual quality assurance compliance report of Qualifications Scotland
19 Reports of advice to Qualifications Scotland from certain committees
20 Accounts and audit of Qualifications Scotland
21 Scottish Ministers’ power to direct Qualifications Scotland
22 Guidance by the Scottish Ministers to Qualifications Scotland
23 Provision of information by Qualifications Scotland
24 Corporate plan of the Accreditation Committee
25 Annual report of the Accreditation Committee
26 Scottish Ministers’ power to direct the Accreditation Committee
28 Funding and use of resources
31 Review of arrangements for assuring quality of qualifications
32 Review of accreditation function
Part 2
His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland
33 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland
34 Deputy Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland
35 His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education in Scotland
36 Assistance with inspections
39 Meaning of “relevant educational establishment” and “excepted establishment”
40 The voluntary arrangements function
43 Duties when exercising functions
48 Report on performance of the Scottish education system
50 Protection from actions of defamation
52 Powers of entry and inspection
55 Necessary improvements: referral to Scottish Ministers
56 Preliminary notice of enforcement action
Part 3
General and miscellaneous
59 Transfer of staff, property etc. to Qualifications Scotland
60 Dissolution of the Scottish Qualifications Authority
62 Consequential modifications
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1 Qualifications Scotland
Schedule 2 The Office of His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland
Schedule 3 Transfer of staff, property etc. to Qualifications Scotland
For the purposes of the law of defamation any statement in a report published by the Chief Inspector has absolute privilege.
In this section, “statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021.