Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 354
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Phoenix College (Dissolution) Order 2000
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 1992( 1 ) (“the Act”), for the dissolution under section 27 of the Act of the further education corporation known as Phoenix 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 Merton College, Morden( 3 ), hereby makes the following Order:
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.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
14th February 2000