Universities (Scotland) Acts

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United Kingdom legislation series of Acts of Parliament

The Universities (Scotland) Acts are a series of 19th- and 20th-century statutes that reformed and regulated the governance and administration of Scotland’s ancient universities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Universities (Scotland) Act 1858	1
Universities (Scotland) Acts canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom legislation ⓘ series of Acts of Parliament ⓘ
appliesTo	University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ University of St Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ University of St Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient universities of Scotland ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
effect	created university courts as governing bodies ⓘ established general councils of graduates ⓘ extended and amended provisions of the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858 ⓘ redefined powers of senatus academicus ⓘ restructured university courts in Scotland ⓘ
field	higher education law ⓘ university governance ⓘ
hasPart	Universities (Scotland) Act 1858 NERFINISHED ⓘ Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 NERFINISHED ⓘ Universities (Scotland) Act 1922 NERFINISHED ⓘ Universities (Scotland) Act 1932 NERFINISHED ⓘ Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Universities (Scotland) Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Universities (Scotland) Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Universities (Scotland) Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Universities (Scotland) Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Universities (Scotland) Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	further reform of Scottish university governance ⓘ make further provision for the government of Scottish universities ⓘ modernise university constitutions ⓘ reform governance of Scottish universities ⓘ reform governance of the four ancient universities of Scotland ⓘ regulate administration of Scottish universities ⓘ
regulates	composition of university courts in Scotland ⓘ functions of general councils in Scottish universities ⓘ powers of senatus academicus in Scottish universities ⓘ
subjectHasRole	chancellor of a Scottish university ⓘ principal of a Scottish university ⓘ rector of a Scottish university ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	1858 ⓘ 1889 ⓘ 1922 ⓘ 1932 ⓘ 1966 ⓘ

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Subject: Universities (Scotland) Acts
Description of subject: The Universities (Scotland) Acts are a series of 19th- and 20th-century statutes that reformed and regulated the governance and administration of Scotland’s ancient universities.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University Court → hasLegalBasisIn → Universities (Scotland) Acts ⓘ

subject surface form: University Court (University of Edinburgh)

University Court → foundedBy → Universities (Scotland) Acts ⓘ

subject surface form: University Court (University of Edinburgh)

this entity surface form: Universities (Scotland) Act 1858