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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/robert-gordon-university-scotland-order-of-council-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/298",
  "legislation_title": "The Robert Gordon University (Scotland) Order of Council 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/robert-gordon-university-scotland-order-of-council-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them:\n“Academic Council” means the Council referred to in article 13;\n“all other staff” for the purposes of article 5(4)(b)(iii), shall mean all staff of the University other than those referred to as academic staff in article 5(4)(b)(ii);\n“Board” means the Board referred to in article 5;\n“Governor” means a member of the Board;\n“Independent Governor” means a member of the Board who is ineligible for appointment under article 5(4);\n“the 1993 Order” means The Robert Gordon University (Scotland) Order of Council 1993;\n“Principal” means the Principal and Vice-Chancellor appointed under article 5(7)(f);\n“the 1981 Regulations” means the Central Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1981;\n“the 1988 Regulations” means the Central Institutions (Scotland) Regulations 1988;\n“student” means an enrolled student of the University or a sabbatical officer of the student association of the University; and\n“the University” means The Robert Gordon University established by the Robert Gordon University (Establishment) (Scotland) Order 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/1157."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1221 as amended by S.I. 1988/1715 and S.I. 1990/2387."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1715."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2006/404",
      "affecting_title": "The Robert Gordon University (Scotland) Amendment Order of Council 2006"
    }
  ],
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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."
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