{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/manchester-college-government-regulations-2008/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Manchester College (Government) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/manchester-college-government-regulations-2008",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation of the terms used",
  "text": "In this Instrument of Government—\n(a) any reference to “the Principal” shall include a person acting as Principal;\n(b) “the Clerk” means the Clerk to the Corporation;\n(c) “the Corporation” means the further education corporation established under the name of “the Manchester College”;\n(d) “the institution” means the Manchester College and any institution for the time being conducted by the Corporation in exercise of its powers under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;\n(e) “this Instrument” means this Instrument of Government;\n(f) “the LSC” means the Learning and Skills Council for England;\n(g) “LSC member” means a member of the Corporation appointed by the LSC under section 11 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000;\n(h) “meeting” includes a meeting at which the members attending are present in more than one room, provided that by the use of video-conferencing facilities it is possible for every person present at the meeting to communicate with each other;\n(i) “necessary skills” means skills and experience, other than professional qualifications, specified by the Corporation as appropriate for members to have;\n(j) “parent member”, “staff member” and “student member” have the meanings given to them in clause 2;\n(k) “the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills;\n(l) “staff matters” means the remuneration, conditions of service, promotion, conduct, suspension, dismissal or retirement of staff;\n(m) “the students’ union” means any association of students formed to further the educational purposes of the institution and the interests of students, as students;\n(n) a “variable category” means any category of members whose numbers may vary according to clauses 2 and 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c.21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2016/481",
      "affecting_title": "The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Bankruptcy) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/50/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:37:55.762161+00:00"
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  "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."
}