In the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, after section 22F insert—

22GApplication 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;

b

sections 9A to 9E are to be disregarded;

c

references to any of sections 9A to 9E are to be disregarded.

4

In this section—

• “further education body” means—

  1. a

     a further education corporation, or

  2. b

     a sixth form college corporation;

• “further education corporation” means a body corporate that—

  1. a

     is established under section 15 or 16 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or

  2. b

     has become a further education corporation by virtue of section 33D or 47 of that Act;

• “sixth form college corporation” means a body corporate—

  1. a

     designated as a sixth form college corporation under section 33A or 33B of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or

  2. b

     established under section 33C of that Act.