(1)In this Act—
“education provider” means—
an education authority,
the proprietor of an independent school,
the managers of a grant-aided school,
the governing body of a higher education institution or a further education institution,
“further education institution” means—
a body listed in schedule 2 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 under the heading “Institutions formerly eligible for funding by the Scottish Further Education Funding Council”, or
a college of further education which is assigned to a regional strategic body by order made under section 7C(1) of that Act,
“higher education institution” means a body listed in schedule 2 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 under the heading “Institutions formerly eligible for funding by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council” or under the heading “Other institutions”,
“institution” has the meaning given in section 2(7),
“pupil” has the meaning and construction given in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980,
“responsible body” has the meaning given in section 5(8),
“school” has the meaning given in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980,
“specified public service body” means a public service body specified in regulations made under section 3,
“student” means a person for whom education is being provided by a higher education institution or, as the case may be, a further education institution.
(2)In subsection (1)—
“education authority”, “grant-aided school”, “independent school”, “managers” and “proprietor” have the meanings given in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980,
“governing body” has the meaning given in section 35(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005.