2.—(1) The board of management of New College Lanarkshire(1) whose board of management is established in pursuance of Part 1 of the 1992 Act is designated as a regional college.
(2) The designation of the board of management of New College Lanarkshire as a regional college by paragraph (1) is to remain in effect notwithstanding any change of its name.
New College Lanarkshire is prescribed by S.I. 1992/1597. The name of New College Lanarkshire was changed from Motherwell College on 1st November 2013 in accordance with section 3(4) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”). Section 3(4) of the 1992 Act was amended by section 30 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”). A “college of further education” is defined as the governing body of the college by section 35(1) of the 2005 Act, as amended by paragraph 8(23)(a)(i) of the schedule to the 2013 Act.