Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
2nd March 2006
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2006
Coming into force
1st April 2006
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992(1) (“the Act”).
In accordance with section 51 of the Act, she has received a proposal for the dissolution of the further education corporation known as Isle College,(2) (“the corporation”) from the Learning and Skills Council for England.
In accordance with section 27(7)(a) of the Act, she has consulted the corporation.
In accordance with section 27(2) the Order is made with the consent of the further education corporation known as the College of West Anglia (3) (“College of West Anglia”).
1. This Order may be cited as the Isle College (Dissolution) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.
2. On 1st April 2006 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to the College of West Anglia, 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 corporation immediately before 1st April 2006 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 April 2006;
(c)to the transferor were to the corporation; and
(d)to the corporation were to the College of West Anglia.
Bill Rammell
Minister of State
Department for Education and Skills
2nd March 2006
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order dissolves with effect from 1st April 2006 the further education corporation established to conduct Isle College, Wisbech. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to the College of West Anglia and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
Established by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2097) under the name of Isle College, Wisbech.
Established by the Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture (Dissolution) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1651) as a result of its merger with Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, which came into force on 1st August 1998; and was renamed the College of West Anglia following the merger.