1998 No. 156
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Hyde-Clarendon College (Dissolution) Order 1998

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
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 19921 (“the Act”), for the dissolution under section 27 of the Act of the further education corporation known as Hyde-Clarendon College2 (“the Transferor”);
Now therefore in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 27 of the Act the Secretary of State after consulting the Transferor and with the consent of the further education corporation known as Tameside College of Technology3 (“the Transferee”) hereby makes the following Order:

1.

This Order may be cited as The Hyde-Clarendon College (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th February 1998.

2.

On 18th February 1998 the Transferor shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be tranferred to the Transferee, 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 the Transferor immediately before 18th February 1998 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 18th February 1998;

(c)

to the transferor were to the Transferor; and

(d)

to the corporation were to the Transferee.

Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the further education corporation established to conduct Hyde-Clarendon College. It provides that its property, rights and liabilities transfer to Tameside College of Technology and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.