Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them:

• “the Act” means the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992;

• “the graduates” means all persons who have been registered students of the University, or the former Napier College, Edinburgh College of Commerce or Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh and have duly completed their particular course of study and received their due award;

• “the students” means all persons registered for a course of study of the University;

• “the Academic Board” means the Board appointed under article 6(1);

• “the University” means Napier University designated under section 44 of the Act being the institution formerly known as Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh and now renamed in accordance with section 49 of the Act;

• “the Court” means the Court of the University, being the governing body constituted as a body corporate by regulation 3 of the Napier College of Commerce and Technology (No. 2) Regulations 1985^f1 and now renamed in accordance with section 49 of the Act; and

• “the 1988 Regulations” means the Central Institutions (Scotland) Regulations 1988^f2.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered article, Part or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the article, Part or Schedule, as the case may be, which bears that number in this Order and any reference to a numbered paragraph in an article of, or Schedule to, the Order is to be construed as a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that article or, as the case may be, that Schedule.