In this Act—

• “education provider” means—

  1. a

     an education authority,

  2. b

     the proprietor of an independent school,

  3. c

     the managers of a grant-aided school,

  4. d

     the governing body of a higher education institution or a further education institution,

• “further education institution” means—

  1. a

     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

  2. b

     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.

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.