SCHEDULE 17Temporary continuity directions etc: education, training and childcare
PART 2Scotland
Interpretation
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In this Part—
“the 1980 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;
“the 2005 Act” means the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 6);
“early learning and childcare” has the meaning given by section 46 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8);
“education” includes early learning and childcare, school education, further education and higher education;
“education authority”, “grant-aided school”, “independent school”, “public school”, “school” and “school education” have the meanings given by section 135(1) of the 1980 Act;
“educational establishment” means—
(a)
a school;
(b)
an education and training establishment approved by the Scottish Qualifications Authority under section 2 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 as suitable for presenting persons for SQA qualifications;
(c)
a further education institution;
(d)
a higher education institution,
and is also to be construed in accordance with paragraph 11(6) to (8);
“enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
“further education” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992;
“further education institution” means—
(a)
a body listed under the heading “Institutions formerly eligible for funding by the Scottish Further Education Funding Council” or under the heading “Other institutions” in schedule 2 of the 2005 Act;
(b)
a college of further education which is assigned to a regional strategic body by an order made under section 7C(1) of the 2005 Act;
“higher education” has the meaning given by section 38 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992;
“higher education institution” means—
(a)
a body listed under the heading “Institutions formerly eligible for funding by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council” or under the heading “Other institutions” in schedule 2 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005;
(b)
a person who provides a course of higher education designated by the Scottish Ministers under regulation 4(9) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/154) for the purposes of regulation 3(2) of those Regulations;
“managers”, in relation to a grant-aided school, has the meaning given by section 135(1) of the 1980 Act;
“out of school care” means any form of care provided—
(a)
outside school hours;
(b)
during school holidays;
to children who are in attendance at a school;
“proprietor”, in relation to an independent school, has the meaning given by section 135(1) of the 1980 Act.