1. This Order may be cited as the North Bolton Sixth Form College and South College, Bolton (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998.

2. On 1st August 1998 the Old Corporations shall be dissolved and all of their respective property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to the New Corporation, 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 either of the Old Corporations immediately before 1st August 1998 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 August 1998;

(c)to the transferor were to either of the Old Corporations (as the case may be); and

(d)to the corporation were to the New Corporation.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the further education corporations established to conduct North Bolton Sixth Form College and South College, Bolton. It provides that the property, rights and liabilities of the two colleges transfer to Bolton Sixth Form College and secures the rights of its employees by applying section 26(2) to (4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.