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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-college-of-education-closure-scotland-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/407",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern College of Education (Closure) (Scotland) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-college-of-education-closure-scotland-order-2001",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nOn 1st December 2001 the Northern College of Education (“the College”) will cease to be a separate institution. The College’s Aberdeen Campus will become part of the University of Aberdeen; and its Dundee Campus will become part of the University of Dundee.\nArticle 3 of the Order closes the College and provides for its governing body to be wound up.\nArticle 4 transfers the whole property, rights, liabilities, obligations and contracts of the governing body of the College to the governing bodies of the Universities of Aberdeen and Dundee.\nArticle 5 makes consequential provision regarding property provided with the aid of grant.\nArticle 6 provides for the transfer of staff of the College to the governing body of the University of Aberdeen or University of Dundee without a break in their employment.\nArticle 7 dissolves the governing body of the College.\nArticle 8 makes consequential revocations of Regulations relating to the College.\nArticle 9 and the Schedule make consequential amendments to the Teachers (Compensation for Premature Retirement and Redundancy) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2317) and the Teachers Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/280) to enable the present arrangements to continue to be available for transferred staff.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/407/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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