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121 Initial incorporation of higher education institutions maintained by local education authorities.E+W
(1)Before such date as may be appointed for the purposes of this section the Secretary of State shall by order specify each institution maintained by a local education authority which appears to him to fall within subsection (2) below; and on that date a body corporate shall be established for the purpose of conducting each institution so specified as from the transfer date applicable in relation to bodies corporate established under this section.
(2)An institution falls within this subsection if on 1st November 1985 either—
(a)its full-time equivalent enrolment number for courses of advanced further education exceeded 350 and also exceeded 55 per cent. of its total full-time equivalent enrolment number; or
(b)its full-time equivalent enrolment number for such courses exceeded 2,500.
(3)Where an institution maintained by a local education authority has been established since that date by a merger of two or more institutions existing on that date, the institution shall be treated as falling within subsection (2) above if it would have done so if the merger had taken place before that date.
(4)References in this Part of this Act to courses of advanced further education are references to courses designated by Schedule 2 to the M1Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981 as courses of advanced further education.
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