Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
27th June 2007
Laid before Parliament
4th July 2007
Coming into force
1st August 2007
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Education Reform Act 1988(1).
In accordance with section 128(2) of that Act he has obtained the consent of St Martin’s College(2), which is an educational charity, to the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the higher education corporation known as Cumbria Institute of the Arts(3) (“Cumbria Corporation”).
In accordance with section 128(4) of that Act he has consulted Cumbria Corporation and the Higher Education Funding Council for England(4).
1988 c.40: Section 128 was amended by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13), Schedule 8, paragraph 34; the Charities Act 1993 (c.10), Schedule 6, paragraph 30 and the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c.21), Schedule 9, paragraph 16. By virtue of S.I. 1999/672, the power in section 128 is exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.
Incorporated as a private company limited by guarantee on 19 December 2006. Company number 06033238. Originally founded in 1964 by the Church of England as a College of Education for teacher training.
Established as a higher education corporation under section 122A of the Education Reform Act 1998 on 1 August 1997 by the Cumbria College of Art and Design Further Education Corporation (Transfer to the Higher Education Sector) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/91). The institution changed its name to Cumbria Institute of the Arts by order of the Privy Council dated 5 December 2001.
The reference to the “higher education funding council” in section 128(4) of the Education Reform Act 1988 is to be read as a reference to the Higher Education Funding Council for England in accordance with section 62(6) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13).