This Order dissolves with effect from 1st August 2008 the further education corporations established to conduct Manchester College of Arts and Technology and City College, Manchester. It provides for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of each corporation to the Manchester College and secures the rights of their employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies. The impact on the public sector is minimal.