Part 2Review of student complaints

I1I221Interpretation of Part 2

F11

In this Part—

  • “award” means any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic award or distinction;

  • “designated operator” has the meaning given by section 13(5)(b);

  • “the effective date” has the meaning given by section 13(5)(a);

  • F3...

  • “higher education corporation” has the meaning given by section 90(1) of the 1992 Act;

  • F4“institution” includes a training provider in England who would not otherwise be regarded as an institution;

  • “interested parties”, in relation to a scheme for the review of qualifying complaints provided or to be provided by a body corporate, means—

    1. a

      qualifying institutions in England or Wales (as the case may be), and

    2. b

      persons selected by the body corporate from amongst those it considers to represent the interests of students at qualifying institutions in England or Wales (as the case may be);

  • “qualifying complaint” has the meaning given by section 12;

  • “qualifying institution” has the meaning given by section 11.

  • F5“training provider” means a person who provides training for members of the school workforce within the meaning of Part 3 of the Education Act 2005 (see section 100 of that Act).

F22

In this Part “governing body”—

a

in relation to a training provider in England who, but for the definition of “institution” in subsection (1), would not be regarded as an institution, means any persons responsible for the provider's management;

b

in relation to a provider of higher education designated under section 84 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, means any persons responsible for the provider's management;

c

in relation to any other institution, has the meaning given by section 90(1) of the 1992 Act, but subject to any provision made by virtue of section 90(2) of that Act.