Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order has the effect that on 1st August 2001 Bell College of Technology a further education college under the management of a Board of Management established under section 11(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, becomes a designated institution within the meaning of Part II of that Act.
The Order designates the College as eligible to receive funds from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (article 3). It transfers the whole property, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Board of Management to the governing body of the designated institution. The governing body is established as a body corporate by virtue of section 45(2) of that Act. Transfer will take place on the date that the governing body consents to such transfer for the purposes of section 25(7) of that Act. The governing body will also receive all rights, liabilities and obligations occurring in respect of the College between the date on which the Board of Management is wound up and the date on which the governing body consents to transfer (article 4). It provides for staff of the College presently employed by the Board of Management to transfer, on existing terms and conditions, to employment by the governing body without a break in their employment (article 5). It winds up and dissolves the existing Board of Management of the College (article 6).