The Coleg Sir Gâr Further Education Corporation (Dissolution) and Coleg Sir Gar (Designated Institutions in Further Education) Order 2013
The Welsh Ministers have consulted with Coleg Sir Gâr Further Education Corporation (“Corfforaeth Addysg Bellach Coleg Sir Gâr”), in accordance with section 27C(6) of that Act.
Title and commencement1.
The title of this Order is the Coleg Sir Gâr Further Education Corporation (Dissolution) and Coleg Sir Gar (Designated Institutions in Further Education) Order 2013 and it comes into force on 1 August 2013.
Interpretation2.
In this Order “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
Dissolution and transfer3.
On 1 August 2013 Coleg Sir Gâr Further Education Corporation (“Corfforaeth Addysg Bellach Coleg Sir Gâr”) is dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities are transferred in accordance with section 27C(2) of the Act to Coleg Sir Gar (“Coleg Sir Gar”), being a body corporate established for purposes which include the provision of educational facilities or services, and being a charity established for charitable purposes which are exclusively educational purposes.
Transfer of staff4.
Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act applies to any person employed by Coleg Sir Gâr Further Education Corporation (“Corfforaeth Addysg Bellach Coleg Sir Gâr”) immediately before 1 August 2013 as if the references in that section to—
(a)
a person to whom that section applies were to a person so employed;
(b)
the operative date were to 1 August 2013;
(c)
the transferor were to the Coleg Sir Gâr Further Education Corporation (“Corfforaeth Addysg Bellach Coleg Sir Gâr”); and
(d)
the corporation were to Coleg Sir Gar (“Coleg Sir Gar”).
Designation5.
Coleg Sir Gar (“Coleg Sir Gar”), being an educational institution of the kind described in sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 28 of the Act, is designated as an institution for the purposes of that section.
This Order dissolves the further education corporation established to conduct Coleg Sir Gâr (“Coleg Sir Gâr”) with effect from 1 August 2013. It also designates Coleg Sir Gar (“Coleg Sir Gar”), a new college conducted by a registered company limited by guarantee, for the purposes of section 28 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (“the Act”).
It provides for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the corporation to Coleg Sir Gar (“Coleg Sir Gar”) and secures the employment rights of the employees of the dissolved corporation by applying, with modifications, section 26(2) to (4) of the Act.
The application of section 26(2) to (4) of the Act has the effect of preserving the employment contracts of employees of the dissolved corporation as if the contracts of employment were originally made between the employees and Coleg Sir Gar (“Coleg Sir Gar”). The employees of the dissolved corporation will become employees of Coleg Sir Gar (“Coleg Sir Gar”) from 1 August 2013.
The designation of Coleg Sir Gar means that it is to be treated as an institution within the further education sector for the purposes of the Education Acts (within the meaning given by sections 91(1) and 91(3) of the Act and section 578 of the Education Act 1996).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.