The Chippenham, Lackham and Trowbridge Colleges (Dissolution) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2728

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Chippenham, Lackham and Trowbridge Colleges (Dissolution) Order 2000

Made

3rd October 2000

Laid before Parliament

6th October 2000

Coming into force

1st November 2000

Whereas the Secretary of State for Education and Employment has received a proposal from the Further Education Funding Council for England, made in accordance with section 51 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992(1) (“the Act”), for the dissolution under section 27 of the Act of the further education corporations known as Chippenham College, Lackham College, Wiltshire, and Trowbridge College(2) (“the corporations”).

Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27 of the Act, the Secretary of State, after consulting each of the corporations and with the consent of the further education corporation known as Wiltshire College(3), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Chippenham, Lackham and Trowbridge Colleges (Dissolution) Order 2000, and shall come into force on 1st November 2000.

2.  On 1st November 2000 each of the corporations shall be dissolved and all of their property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Wiltshire College, being a body corporate established for purposes which include the provision of educational facilities or services.

3.  Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act shall apply to any person employed by any of the corporations immediately before 1st November 2000 as if the references in that section—

(a) to a person to whom that section applies were to a person so employed;

(b) to the operative date were to 1st November 2000;

(c) to the transferor were to the corporation in question; and

(d) to the corporation were to Wiltshire College.

Tessa Blackstone

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Employment

3rd October 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves with effect from 1st November 2000 the further education corporations established to conduct Chippenham College, Lackham College, Wiltshire and Trowbridge College. It provides for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of each corporation to Wiltshire College, and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

(1)

1992 c. 13.

(2)

Each established by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2097); Chippenham College was established as Chippenham Technical College and changed their name to Chippenham College on 1st April 1993.

(3)

Established by S.I. 2000/2145.