The University of Wales, Newport Higher Education Corporation (Dissolution) Order 2013

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the higher education corporation established to conduct the University of Wales, Newport (“the University of Newport”). The University of Newport was established as a higher education corporation under section 122 of the Education Reform Act 1988 as Gwent College of Higher Education and changed its name to the University of Wales College, Newport and subsequently to the University of Wales, Newport with the consent of the Privy council.

This Order provides for all property, rights and liabilities to which the University of Newport was entitled or subject to immediately before its dissolution to be transferred to the University of Glamorgan Higher Education Corporation (“the University of Glamorgan”).

This Order also makes provision for section 127 of the Education Reform Act 1988 to apply in relation to persons who were employed by the University of Newport immediately before 1 April 2013. Section 127 of the 1988 Act, as applied by this Order, makes provision for the transfer of such employees to the University of Glamorgan on 1 April 2013 and in respect of associated rights and duties of the University of Glamorgan and the transferred employees.

The University of Glamorgan was incorporated as a higher education corporation in 1992 as the Polytechnic of Wales and changed its name with the consent of the Privy Council.