The Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture (Dissolution) Order 1999

Made29th April 1999

Laid before Parliament6th May 1999

Coming into force1st June 1999

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 Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture2 (“the corporation”);

Now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 27 of the Act, the Secretary of State, after consulting the corporation and with the consent of the further education corporation known as the East Durham and Houghall Community College3, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture (Dissolution) Order 1999, and shall come into force on 1st June 1999.

2

On 1st June 1999 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to East Durham and Houghall Community College.

3

Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act shall apply to any person employed by the corporation immediately before 1st June 1999 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 June 1999;

c

to the transferor were to the corporation; and

d

to the corporation were to East Durham and Houghall Community College.

Tessa BlackstoneMinister of State,Department for Education and Employment29th April 1999

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves with effect from 1st June 1999 the further education corporation established to conduct Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to East Durham and Houghall Community College, and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.