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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bell-college-of-technology-transfer-and-closure-scotland-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Bell College of Technology (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bell-college-of-technology-transfer-and-closure-scotland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order the following expressions shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them:–\n“the Act” means the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992;\n“the College” means Bell College of Technology, being an institution designated under section 44 of the Act;\n“governing body”:\n(a) in relation to the College, means The Board of Governors of Bell College of Technology constituted in terms of article 3 of the Bell College of Technology (Scotland) Order of Council 2001 and incorporated under section 45(2) of the Act;\n(b) in relation to the University, means the Court of the University of Paisley, constituted and incorporated by the Paisley College of Technology Scheme 1954 and renamed in accordance with articles 3 and 4 of the University of Paisley (Scotland) Order of Council 1993;\n“the Transfer Date” means 1st August 2007; and\n“the University” means the University of Paisley, being an institution designated under section 44 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2001/199."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2001/234 and S.I. 2001/2005."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The 1954 Scheme was framed and confirmed by the Secretary of State and approved by Order of Council on 19th October 1954 under section 123 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1946 (c. 72) and relevant amendments are made by S.I. 1973/1811, 1988/1715, S.I. 1992/1093 and 1993/558."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/558."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/1025."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/171/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:14:32.604230+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."
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