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Article 2
1. Any university empowered by Royal Charter or Act of Parliament to award degrees and any college, or institution in the nature of a college, in such a university.
2. Any institution in England and Wales which provides a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988(1).
3. Any institution in Scotland which provides higher education within the meaning of section 38 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992(2).
4. Any institution in Northern Ireland—
(a)which provides a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(3); or
(b)which is a college of education within the meaning of article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(4).
5. Any institution in England and Wales the sole or main purpose of which is to provide further education within the meaning of section 2 of the Education Act 1996(5).
6. Any institution in Scotland the sole or main purpose of which is to provide further education within the meaning of either section 1(5)(b) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(6) or section 1(3) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.
7. Any institution in Northern Ireland the sole or main purpose of which is to provide further education within the meaning of article 3 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
8. Any theological college.
S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15).
S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3) .
1996 c. 56; section 2(3) was amended by section 215(2) of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) which gave effect to Part 3 of Schedule 22 to that Act; there are also other amendments to section 2 which are not relevant to this Order.
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