Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987;

• “the 1944 Act” means the Education Act 1944(^f1);

• “the 1980 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(^f2);

• “the 1986 Order” means the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (^f3);

• “further education”, in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act, in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the 1944 Act and, in relation to Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in article 5(c) of the 1986 Order;

• “institution within the P.C.F.C. funding sector” has the same meaning as in section 120(8) of the Education Reform Act 1988(^f4);

• and any reference to a section of the Act includes a reference to that section as read with paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Act and the Community Water Charges (Scotland) Regulations 1988.