Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 1533
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The St Austell College (Dissolution) Order 2001
Made
23rd April 2001
Laid before Parliament
25th April 2001
Coming into force
1st August 2001
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 corporation known as St Austell College(2) (“the corporation”).
Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27 of the Act, the Secretary of State, after consulting the corporation and with the consent of the further education corporation known as Cornwall College(3), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the St Austell College (Dissolution) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st August 2001.
2. On 1st August 2001 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Cornwall 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 the corporation immediately before 1st August 2001 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 August 2001;
(c)to the transferor were to the corporation; and
(d)to the corporation were to Cornwall College.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
23rd April 2001
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order dissolves with effect from 1st August 2001 the further education corporation established to conduct St Austell College. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to Cornwall College, and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.