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The Park Lane College, Leeds, Leeds Thomas Danby College, and Leeds Technology College (Dissolution) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/499 · Made 4 March 2009

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Education, England

Made 4th March 2009

Laid before Parliament 10th March 2009

Coming into force 31st March 2009

The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 f1 (“the Act”).

This Order is made with the consent of the further education corporation known as Leeds City College f2. It is made for the purpose of giving effect to a proposal for the dissolution of the further education corporations known as Park Lane College, Leedsf3, Leeds Thomas Danby Collegef4, and Leeds Technology Collegef5 (“the corporations”) made by the Learning and Skills Council for England. The Secretary of State has consulted each of the corporations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c.13; section 27 was amended by S.I. 2005/3238, Schedule 1, paragraph 16; section 51 was amended by S.I. 2005/3238, Schedule 1, paragraph 21.

f2

Established by the Leeds City College (Incorporation) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3083).

f3

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

f4

Established by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2097) under the name of Thomas Danby College, Leeds, and was renamed Leeds Thomas Danby College on 13th July 2005.

f5

Established by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2097) under the name of Kitson College, Leeds, and was renamed Leeds Technology College on 22nd February 1993.

Contents

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

1

This Order may be cited as the Park Lane College, Leeds, Leeds Thomas Danby College, and Leeds Technology College (Dissolution) Order 2009 and comes into force on 31st March 2009.

2

On 31st March 2009 the corporations are to be dissolved and all of their property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Leeds City 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 applies to any person employed by any of the corporations immediately before 31st March 2009 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 31st March 2009;

(c)

to the transferor were to the corporation in question; and

(d)

to the corporation were to Leeds City College.

Signature

Siôn Simon

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

4th March 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves with effect from 31st March 2009 the further education corporations known as Park Lane College, Leeds; Leeds Thomas Danby College; and Leeds Technology College. It provides for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of each corporation to Leeds City College and secures the rights of their 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.