# The Colleges of Education (Scotland) Regulations 1987, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them:–
“academic board” means an academic board constituted under regulation 32;
“college” means a college of education;
“dissolved college” means a college dissolved by regulation 4;
“governing body” means the governing body of a college;
“governor” means a member of a governing body;
“higher academic staff”, in relation to a central institution, means the principal or director, any vice-principal, deputy principal or deputy director, and any person holding a post equivalent to those posts, in the institution;
“principal” means the principal of a college;
“relevant receiving college” means the college to the governing body of which the staff, property, rights, liabilities and obligations of the governing body of a dissolved college are transferred under Part III;
“students' representative council” means the students' representative council in a college, constituted under regulation 33;
“vice-principal” means a vice-principal of a college.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a regulation, Part or Schedule is a reference to a regulation or Part of these Regulations or a Schedule to these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/309/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/colleges-of-education-scotland-regulations-1987/regulation-2
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