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Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 2261 (S.170)

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Scotland) Order of Council 1995

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1995 No. 2261 (S.170)

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Scotland) Order of Council 1995

Made30th August 1995
Laid before Parliament31st August 1995
Coming into force21st September 1995

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 30th day of August 1995

By the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council

        Their Lordships, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Them by sections 45 and 60 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992[1] and all other powers enabling Them in that behalf, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—


PART I

CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION
    Citation and commencement
        1.    This Order may be cited as The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Scotland) Order of Council 1995 and shall come into force on 21st September 1995.
    Interpretation
        2.—(1)  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them:
      "Academic Board" means the body of persons appointed in accordance with article 22;
      "the 1985 Act" means the Companies Act 1985[2] and every statutory modification or re-enactment for the time being in force;
      "the 1992 Act" means the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 and every statutory modification or re-enactment for the time being in force;
      "the Articles" means the articles of association of the Company;
      "the Board" means the Board of Governors for the time being of the Company or the Governors present at a duly convened meeting of the Governors at which a quorum is present, and includes any validly constituted committee of the Governors;
      "the Company" means The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, a company limited by guarantee (Registered in Scotland No. 4703);
      "co-opted membership" means the membership of the Board co-opted in accordance with article 5;
      "core membership" means the membership of the Board appointed in accordance with article 4;
      "the Institution" means the Company, being an institution designated under section 44 of the 1992 Act;
      "the Memorandum" means the memorandum of association of the Company;
      "the Office" means the registered office of the Company;
      "Principal" means the principal, or any person authorised, whether for the purposes of this Order or otherwise, for the time being to act as principal, of the institution;
      "the 1988 Regulations" means the Central Institutions (Scotland) Regulations 1988[3];
      "School Directors" means the Director of the School of Music and the Director of the School of Drama, in each case of the Institution;
      "the Secretary" means the secretary of the Company or any other person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the Company, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary.


        (2)  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered article, Part or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the article, Part or Schedule, as the case may be, which bears that number in this Order, and any reference to a numbered paragraph in an article of, or Schedule to, the Order is to be construed as a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that article or, as the case may be, that Schedule.


Notes:

[1] 1992 c. 37.

[2] 1985 c. 6.

[3] S.I. 1988/1715.

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