Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
27th July 2004
Laid before Parliament
4th August 2004
Coming into force
1st September 2004
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 Cannington 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 Bridgwater College(3), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Cannington College (Dissolution) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st September 2004.
2. On 1st September 2004 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Bridgwater 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 September 2004 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 September 2004;
(c)to the transferor were to the corporation; and
(d)to the corporation were to Bridgwater College.
Alan Johnson
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
27th July 2004
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order dissolves with effect from 1st September 2004 the further education corporation established to conduct Cannington College. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to Bridgwater College and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.