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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 781

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The West Oxfordshire College (Dissolution) Order 2001

  Made 5th March 2001 
  Laid before Parliament 8th March 2001 
  Coming into force 31st March 2001 

Whereas the Secretary of State for Education and Employment has received a proposal from the Further Education Funding 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 the West Oxfordshire 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 the Abingdon College[3], hereby makes the following Order:

     1. This Order may be cited as the West Oxfordshire College (Dissolution) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 31st March 2001.

     2. On 31st March 2001 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to the Abingdon 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 31st March 2001 as if the references in that section - 


Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment

5th March 2001


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order dissolves with effect from 31st March 2001 the further education corporation established to conduct West Oxfordshire College. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to the Abingdon College (to be known from 31st March 2001 as Abingdon and Witney College), and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

Notes:

 [1] 1992 c. 13.back

[2] Established by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2097) under the name of West Oxfordshire College, Witney.back

[3] Also established by S.I. 1992/2097. On 31st March 2001 its name will be changed to Abingdon and Witney College.back


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 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 30 March 2001

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