The City of Bristol College (Incorporation) Order 1996

Made8th July 1996

Laid before Parliament9th July 1996

Coming into force1st August 1996

Whereas the Secretary of State for Education and Employment has received a proposal from the Further Education Funding Council for England, made in accordance with section 51 of the Further and Higher Education Act 19921 (“the Act”), for the establishment of a body corporate under section 16(1) (a) of the Act:

Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 16(1) and 17 of the Act and for the purpose of giving effect to that proposal, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as The City of Bristol College (Incorporation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st August 1996 (“the Commencement Date”).

2

On the Commencement Date there shall be established a body corporate called “City of Bristol College” for the purpose of conducting from the operative date a new educational institution of that name (to be formed by the merger of Brunel College of Arts and Technology and South Bristol College).

3

The “operative date” in relation to the further education corporation established by this Order shall be 1st September 1996, and the corporation shall conduct City of Bristol College from that date.

James PaiceParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department for Education and Employment8th July 1996

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order establishes a further education corporation under section 16(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 for the purposes of establishing and conducting City of Bristol College and appoints 1st September 1996 as the “operative date” for the purposes of Part I of that Act.