The Academic Awards and Distinctions (The Robert Gordon University) (Scotland) Order of Council 2006
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2006/452 |
2006 No. 452
EDUCATION
The Academic Awards and Distinctions (The Robert Gordon University) (Scotland) Order of Council 2006
Made 4th September 2006
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 11th September 2006
Coming into force 4th October 2006
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 4th day of September 2006
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Their Lordships, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Them by sections 48 and 60(3) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 19921and of all other powers enabling Them in that behalf, order as follows:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Academic Awards and Distinctions (The Robert Gordon University) (Scotland) Order of Council 2006 and shall come into force on 4th October 2006.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 and “The Robert Gordon University” means the institution of higher education established by the Robert Gordon University (Establishment) (Scotland) Order 20062.
Competence to grant academic awards and distinctions
2.—(1) The Robert Gordon University is specified as competent to grant all such awards and distinctions as may be granted in pursuance of section 48(2) and (3) of the Act.
(2) The date specified for the purpose of section 48(2)(a) of the Act in relation to The Robert Gordon University is 4th October 2006.
(3) If the name of The Robert Gordon University is changed under section 49 of the Act or under any other power, the competence to grant awards and distinctions arising from the specification in paragraph (1) above shall continue to apply to that institution as renamed.
Consequential Amendments
3. In the Academic Awards and Distinctions (Scotland) Order of Council 19923–
(a) insert “and” after article 2(1)(c); and
(b) in article 2(1), omit–
“; and
(a) The Robert Gordon Institute of Technology”.
A.K.Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is one of several instruments, being this instrument and the Robert Gordon University (Establishment) (Scotland) Order 2006, the Designation of Institutions of Higher Education (Scotland) Order 2006, the Designation of Institutions of Higher Education (Scotland) Amendment Order 2006, the Fundable Bodies (Scotland) Order 2006...
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