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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/assigned-colleges-university-of-the-highlands-and-islands-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2014/146",
  "legislation_title": "The Assigned Colleges (University of the Highlands and Islands) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/assigned-colleges-university-of-the-highlands-and-islands-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Assigned Colleges",
  "text": "(1) The following colleges of further education are assigned to the University of the Highlands and Islands—\nThe Board of Management of Inverness College;\nThe Board of Management of Lews Castle College;\nThe Board of Management of Moray College;\nThe Board of Management of The North Highland College;\nThe governing body of Orkney College;\nThe Board of Management of Perth College;\nThe governing body of Shetland College;\nWest Highland College UHI.\n(2) A college of further education assigned under paragraph (1) remains assigned to the University of the Highlands and Islands notwithstanding any change of name of the college of further education.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A “college of further education” is defined as the governing body of the college by section 35(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 6) (“the 2005 Act”), as amended by paragraph 8(23)(a)(i) of the schedule to the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The University of the Highlands and Islands is a regional strategic body by virtue of section 7B of, and schedule 2A to, the 2005 Act (as inserted by section 8(1) and (2) of the Act) with effect from 1st August 2014 by S.S.I 2014/144."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Inverness College is prescribed by S.I. 1992/1597."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Lews Castle College is prescribed by S.I. 1992/1597."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Moray College is prescribed by S.I. 1992/1597. The name of Moray College was changed from Moray College of Further Education by S.I. 1993/1891."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "The North Highland College is prescribed by S.I. 1992/1597. The name of The North Highland College was changed from Thurso College by S.S.I. 1999/126."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Orkney College is part of Orkney Islands Council which is a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Perth College is prescribed by S.I. 1992/1597. The name of Perth College was changed from Perth College of Further Education by S.I. 1993/1891."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Shetland College is part of Shetland Islands Council which is a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "West Highland College UHI is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland with company number SC153921."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/146/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:34:57.920963+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}