The Designation of Institutions of Higher Education (Scotland) Amendment Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 424 (S.44)

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Designation of Institutions of Higher Education (Scotland) Amendment Order 1993

Made

1st March 1993

Laid before Parliament

10th March 1993

Coming into force

1st April 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 44 and 60 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992((1)) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as The Designation of Institutions of Higher Education (Scotland) Amendment Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Amendment of the principal Order

2.  In Article 2 of the Designation of Institutions of Higher Education (Scotland) Order 1992((2))—

(a) the present text shall be renumbered as paragraph (1) of the Article;

(b) in the list of institutions in paragraph (1) the following names shall be deleted:—

• Glasgow Polytechnic

• Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh

• Paisley College of Technology

• The Queen’s College, Glasgow

• The Robert Gordon Institute of Technology;

(c) in that list (which is in alphabetical order) the following names shall be inserted at the appropriate places:—

• Glasgow Caledonian University

• Napier University

• The Robert Gordon University

• University of Paisley; and

(d) after paragraph (1) there shall be added the following paragraph:—

“(2) The designation of an institution by paragraph (1) of this Article shallremain in effect notwithstanding any change of name of the institution sodesignated.”.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

1st March 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends The Designation of Institutions of Higher Education (Scotland) Order 1992 which designates certain institutions as eligible to receive support from funds administered by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. The list of institutions in the Order is amended to take account of (1) the changes of name of Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh, Paisley College of Technology and The Robert Gordon Institute of Technology to Napier University, University of Paisley and The Robert Gordon University respectively, and (2) the merger of Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen’s College, Glasgow, to form a new institution, Glasgow Caledonian University. Provision is added to ensure that a designated institution shall continue to be designated notwithstanding any change of name.

(1)

1992 c. 37.

(2)

S.I. 1992/1025.