Miscellaneous and general
22GF1Application of Act to further education bodies
1
This Act applies to further education bodies as it applies to companies.
2
Accordingly, in this Act—
a
references to a company are to be read as including references to a further education body;
b
references to a director or an officer of a company are to be read as including references to a member of a further education body;
c
any reference to the Insolvency Act 1986 is to be read as including a reference to that Act as it applies to further education bodies.
3
As they apply in relation to further education bodies, the provisions of this Act have effect with the following modifications—
a
in section 2(1), the reference to striking off is to be read as including a reference to dissolution;
F2aa
sections 6(1)(a)(ii) and (3)(d) and 7(2)(b) are to be disregarded;
ab
references in sections 7(4)(a), 8ZB(2) and 15A(3)(b) to a company which has been dissolved without becoming insolvent are to be disregarded;
b
sections 9A to 9E are to be disregarded;
c
references to any of sections 9A to 9E are to be disregarded;
F3d
section 11A is to be disregarded.
4
In this section—
“further education body” means—
- a
a further education corporation, or
- b
a sixth form college corporation;
- a
“further education corporation” means a body corporate that—
- a
is established under section 15 or 16 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or
- b
has become a further education corporation by virtue of section 33D or 47 of that Act;
- a
“sixth form college corporation” means a body corporate—
- a
designated as a sixth form college corporation under section 33A or 33B of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or
- b
established under section 33C of that Act.
- a