The South Park Sixth Form College, Middlesbrough (Dissolution) Order 1997

Made24th February 1997

Laid before Parliament5th March 1997

Coming into force1st August 1997

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 dissolution under section 27 of the Act of the further education corporation known as South Park Sixth Form College, Middlesbrough2 (“the Transferor”);

Now therefore in exercise of the power conferred on her by section 27 of the Act the Secretary of State after consulting the Transferor and with the consent of the further education corporation known as Prior Pursglove College, Guisborough, Cleveland3 (“the Transferee”) hereby makes the following Order:

1.

This Order may be cited as The South Park Sixth Form College, Middlesbrough (Dissolution) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997.

2

On 1st August 1997 the Transferor shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to the Transferee, being a body corporate established for purposes which include the provision of educational facilities or services.

3.

Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act shall apply to any person employed by the Transferor immediately before 1st August 1997 as if the references in that section—

(a)

to a person to whom that section applies were to a person so employed;

(b)

to the operative date were to 1st August 1997;

(c)

to the transferor were to the Transferor; and

(d)

to the corporation were to the Transferee.

James Paice

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Education and Employment

24th February 1997

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the further education corporation established to conduct South Park Sixth Form College, Middlesbrough. It provides that its property, rights and liabilities transfer to Prior Pursglove College, Guisborough, Cleveland and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.