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The Afan College (Dissolution) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/2967 · Made 29 November 1998

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

WALES

Made 29th November 1998

Laid before Parliament 11th December 1998

Coming into force 1st January 1999

Whereas the Secretary of State for Wales has received a proposal from the Further Education Funding Council for Wales, made in accordance with section 51 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992f1 (“the Act”) for the dissolution under section 27 of the Act of the further education corporation known as Afan Collegef2 (“the College”):

Now therefore in exercise of the power conferred on the Secretary of State by section 27 of the Act the Secretary of State for Wales after consulting the College and with the consent of the further education corporation known as Neath Collegef3 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 13.

f2

Established by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2097).

f3

Established by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Afan College (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

2

On 1st January 1999 the College shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Neath 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 College immediately before 1st January 1999 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 January 1999;

(c)

to the transferor were to the College; and

(d)

to the corporation were to Neath College.

Signature

Alun Michael

Secretary of State for Wales

29th November 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the further education corporation established to conduct Afan College. It provides that the property, rights and liabilities of that college shall transfer to Neath College and secures the rights of employees by applying 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.