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The Phoenix College (Dissolution) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/354 · Made 14 February 2000

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 14th February 2000

Laid before Parliament 16th February 2000

Coming into force 1st April 2000

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 1992f1 (“the Act”), for the dissolution under section 27 of the Act of the further education corporation known as Phoenix Collegef2(“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 Merton College, Mordenf3, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 13.

f2

The corporation was established by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2097) under the name of Merton Sixth Form College, Morden. It changed its name to Phoenix College with effect from 5th September 1996.

f3

Established by S.I. 1992/2097.

Contents

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

1

This Order may be cited as the Phoenix College (Dissolution) Order 2000, and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

2

On 1st April 2000 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Merton College, Morden, 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 April 2000 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 April 2000;

(c)

to the transferor were to the corporation; and

(d)

to the corporation were to Merton College, Morden.

Signature

Tessa Blackstone

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Employment

14th February 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves with effect from 1st April 2000 the further education corporation established to conduct Phoenix College. It provides for the transfer of its property, rights and liabilities to Merton College, Morden, and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.