Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
18th June 2003
Laid before Parliament
26th June 2003
Coming into force
1st August 2003
Whereas the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has received a proposal from the Learning and Skills 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 Merrist Wood 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 Guildford College of Further and Higher Education,(3), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Merrist Wood College (Dissolution) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st August 2003.
2. On 1st August 2003 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Guildford College of Further and Higher Education, 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 2003 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 2003;
(c)to the transferor were to the corporation; and
(d)to the corporation were to Guildford College of Further and Higher Education.
Alan Johnson
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
18th June 2003
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order dissolves with effect from 1st August 2003 the further education corporation established to conduct Merrist Wood College. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to Guildford College of Further and Higher Education and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.