Article 2 Interpretation

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

• “academic council” means the body of persons appointed in accordance with article 18;

• “co-opted membership” means the membership of the governing body co-opted in accordance with article 5;

• “core membership” means the membership of the governing body appointed in accordance with article 4;

• “establishment of further education” means a college of further education as defined in section 36(1) of the Act;

• “establishment of higher education” means an institution within the higher education sector as defined in section 56(2) of the Act;

• “governing body” means the group comprising the individual governors of the institution constituted under the Articles of Association, and the expression “governor” shall be construed accordingly;

• “principal” means the principal or any person authorised, whether for the purposes of this Order or otherwise, for the time being to act as principal of the institution and “vice-principal” and “assistant principal” shall be construed accordingly;

• “the institution” means Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, which name shall be deemed to include any subsequent change of name or title, being an institution designated under section 44 of the Act;

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

• “the Memorandum and Articles of Association” means the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the institution, and the expressions “Memorandum of Association” and “Articles of Association” shall be construed accordingly; and

• “the 1988 Regulations” means the Central Institutions (Scotland) Regulations 1988^f1.

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.

In this Order, all references to the masculine gender shall be deemed to include a reference to the feminine gender.