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 20;

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

• “co-opted membership” means the membership of the Governing Body co-opted in accordance with article 8;

• “core membership” means the membership of the Governing Body appointed in accordance with article 7;

• “Governing Body” means the Governors of The Robert Gordon University constituted and incorporated by the 1981 Regulations and re-named as narrated in article 3;

• “Governor” means a member of the Governing Body;

• “the Institution” means The Robert Gordon University re-named as narrated in article 3, being a designated institution in terms of section 44 of the Act;

• “Principal” means the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, or any person authorised, whether for the purposes of this Order or otherwise, for the time being to act as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the Institution and “Vice-Principal” shall be construed accordingly;

• “the 1981 Regulations” means The Central Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1981^f1;

• “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.