The board of management of a college of further education (expressions used in this paragraph having the same meaning as in section 36(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c.37)).

A central institution within the meaning of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.

An institution in receipt of funding from the F1Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council F2or a regional strategic body (within the meaning of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005) other than any institution whose activities are principally carried on outwith Scotland.