means a higher education institution providing higher education, but with a limited scope and range of operations and which meets the criteria for recognition as a higher education college as prescribed by the Minister under section 69(d) and—
| (a) | established, merged, converted, deemed to have been established or declared as a public higher education college; or |
| (b) | registered as a private higher education college, |
in terms of this Act;
[Definition inserted by section 1(i) of Notice No. 21, GG 40548, dated 17 January 2017]