Section 457 Meaning of “research institution”F1

any university or other institution receiving a grant (including a recurrent grant towards its costs), loan, financial support, financial assistance, financial resources or payment under—

any institution maintained by a local authority in England or Wales in the exercise of their further and higher education functions,

any institution within the higher education sector for the purposes of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992,

any college of further education within the meaning of section 36(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992,

any central institution within the meaning of section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980,

the Queen’s University of Belfast or the University of Ulster,

a college of education in Northern Ireland within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)), or

any institution providing in Northern Ireland further education as defined in Article 3 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15)), or

any institution that carries out research activities otherwise than for profit and that is neither controlled nor wholly or mainly funded by a person who carries on activities for profit.