Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
9 May 2003
Laid before Parliament
19 May 2003
Coming into force
1st August 2003
Whereas the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has received a proposal from the Learning and Skills Council for England, made in accordance with section 51 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992((1) (“the Act”), for the dissolution under section 27 of the Act of the further education corporation known as North Birmingham College(2) (“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 Sutton Coldfield College,(3), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the North Birmingham College (Dissolution) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st August 2003.
2. On 1st August 2003 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Sutton Coldfield College 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 August 2003 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 2003;
(c)to the transferor were to the corporation; and
(d)to the corporation were to Sutton Coldfield College.
Margaret Hodge
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
9th May 2003
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order dissolves with effect from 1st August 2003 the further education corporation established to conduct North Birmingham College. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to Sutton Coldfield College and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.