1.  This Order may be cited as the Dewsbury College (Dissolution) Order 2008 and comes into force on 1st August 2008.

2.  On 1st August 2008 the corporation is dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities are transferred to Huddersfield Technical 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 2008 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 2008;

(c)to the transferor were to the corporation; and

(d)to the corporation were to Huddersfield Technical College.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves with effect from 1st August 2008 the further education corporation established to conduct Dewsbury College. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to Huddersfield Technical College and secures the rights of its 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 wider impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies. The impact on the public sector is minimal.