LegalizeThe Education (Higher Education Corporations) Order 1988
Made: 20th October 1988
Laid before Parliament: 28th October 1988
Coming into force: 20th November 1988
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 121(1), 126(1) and 232(5) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to, the Education Reform Act 1988[^f00001] the Secretary of State for Education and Science, having consulted in accordance with the said paragraph such associations of local authorities as appeared to him to be concerned, hereby makes the following Order:
1
This Order may be cited as the Education (Higher Education Corporations) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 20th November 1988.
2
In this Order“the nominating authority” means the local authority entitled to nominate one or more local authority nominees as initial nominee members of a corporation.
3
The institutions specified in the Schedule to this Order are institutions maintained by local education authorities which appear to the Secretary of State to fall within section 121(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988.
4
In relation to the higher education corporations established under section 121 of the said Act of 1988 by virtue of this Order the transfer date for the purposes of section 126 of that Act shall be 1st April 1989.
5
In relation to each such higher education corporation the local authority specified in the said Schedule in respect of the institution the corporation is established to conduct shall be the nominating authority for the number of initial nominee members so specified.
SCHEDULE
| Institution | Nominating authority | Number of initial nominee members |
|---|---|---|
| Bath College of Higher Education | The County Council of Avon | 1 |
| City of Birmingham Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Birmingham | 1 |
| Bolton Institute of Higher Education | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton | 3 |
| Bretton Hall College of Higher Education | The Council of the City of Wakefield | 1 |
| Brighton Polytechnic | The County Council of East Sussex | 1 |
| Brighton Polytechnic | The County Council of West Sussex | 1 |
| Brighton Polytechnic | The Council of the Borough of Brighton | 1 |
| Bristol Polytechnic | The County Council of Avon | 1 |
| Bristol Polytechnic | The Council of the District of Northavon | |
| Bulmershe College of Higher Education | The Council of the Royal County of Berkshire | 1 |
| Charlotte Mason College of Education | The County Council of Cumbria | 2 |
| Charlotte Mason College of Education | The Council of the District of South Lakeland | 1 |
| Coventry Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Coventry | 1 |
| Coventry Polytechnic | The County Council of Warwickshire | 1 |
| Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education | The County Council of Cheshire | 1 |
| Dorset Institute of Higher Education | The County Council of Dorset | 1 |
| Ealing College of Higher Education | The Council of the London Borough of Ealing | 1 |
| Edge Hill College of Higher Education | The County Council of Lancashire | 2 |
| Essex Institute of Higher Education | The County Council of Essex | 1 |
| Hatfield Polytechnic | The County Council of Hertfordshire | 2 |
| The Polytechnic, Huddersfield | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees | 1 |
| Humberside College of Higher Education | The County Council of Humberside | 3 |
| Kent Institute of Art and Design | The County Council of Kent | 2 |
| Kingston Polytechnic | The Council of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 1 |
| Kingston Polytechnic | The County Council of Surrey | 1 |
| Lancashire Polytechnic | The County Council of Lancashire | 1 |
| Lancashire Polytechnic | The County Council of Cumbria | 1 |
| Lancashire Polytechnic | The Council of the Borough of Preston | 1 |
| Leeds Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Leeds | 1 |
| Leeds Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Wakefield | 1 |
| Leicester Polytechnic | The County Council of Leicestershire | 1 |
| Leicester Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Leicester | 1 |
| Liverpool Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Liverpool | 1 |
| The London Institute | The Council of the London Borough of Camden | 1 |
| The London Institute | The Council of the City of Westminster | 2 |
| Loughborough College of Art and Design | The Council of the Borough of Charnwood | 1 |
| Loughborough College of Art and Design | The County Council of Leicestershire | 1 |
| Manchester Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Manchester | 1 |
| Middlesex Polytechnic | The Council of the London Borough of Barnet | 1 |
| Middlesex Polytechnic | The Council of the London Borough of Enfield | 1 |
| Middlesex Polytechnic | The Council of the London Borough of Haringey | 1 |
| Nene College | The County Council of Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Newcastle Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Newcastle Upon Tyne | 2 |
| Newcastle Polytechnic | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead | 1 |
| North East London Polytechnic | The Council of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham | 1 |
| North East London Polytechnic | The Council of the London Borough of Newham | 1 |
| North East London Polytechnic | The Council of the London Borough of Redbridge | 1 |
| North Riding College | The County Council of North Yorkshire | 1 |
| North Riding College | The County Council of Cleveland | 1 |
| North Riding College | The County Council of Humberside | |
| Oxford Polytechnic | The County Council of Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Plymouth Polytechnic | The County Council of Devon | 1 |
| Plymouth Polytechnic | The County Council of Cornwall | 1 |
| Plymouth Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Plymouth | 1 |
| Portsmouth Polytechnic | The County Council of Hampshire | 2 |
| Portsmouth Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Portsmouth | 1 |
| Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication | The Council of the London Borough of Bromley | 2 |
| Royal Northern College of Music | The County Council of Lancashire | 2 |
| Royal Northern College of Music | The County Council of Cheshire | 2 |
| Royal Northern College of Music | The Council of the City of Manchester | 2 |
| Royal Northern College of Music | The Council of the City of Salford | 2 |
| Sheffield City Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Sheffield | 3 |
| South West London College | The Council of the London Borough of Wandworth | 1 |
| Staffordshire Polytechnic | The County Council of Staffordshire | 1 |
| Sunderland Polytechnic | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland | 1 |
| Sunderland Polytechnic | The County Council of Durham | 1 |
| Teesside Polytechnic | The County Council of Cleveland | 2 |
| Teesside Polytechnic | The County Council of North Yorkshire | 1 |
| Thames Valley College of Higher Education | The Council of the Royal County of Berkshire | 3 |
| Trent Polytechnic | The County Council of Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Trent Polytechnic | The Council of the City of Nottingham | 1 |
| West Midlands College of Higher Education | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall | 1 |
| West Midlands College of Higher Education | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley | 1 |
| West Midlands College of Higher Education | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton | 1 |
| West Surrey College of Art and Design | The County Council of Surrey | 1 |
| The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall | 1 |
| The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley | 1 |
| The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton | The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton | 1 |
| Worcester College of Higher Education | The County Council of Hereford and Worcester | 2 |
Signed
Kenneth Baker — Secretary of State for Education and Science — 20th October 1988
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies those local education authority maintained institutions which appear to the Secretary of State to satisfy the criteria set out in section 121(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988. The Southampton Institute of Higher Education is omitted from the list of specified institutions. The Education Reform Act 1988 (Commencement No.2) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1794) excludes the same institution when bringing into force section 121 of that Act. By virtue of section 121(2), paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to that Act and the Education Reform Act 1988 (Commencement No.2) Order 1988 bodies corporate by the names of those specified institutions are established on 21st November 1988 for the purpose of conducting those institutions as from the transfer date. 1st April 1989 is specified as the transfer date, defined in section 123(2) of the 1988 Act as the date for transfer of local education authority property, rights and liabilities to those corporations. The Order also specifies the local authority or authorities able to nominate local authority nominees to become members of each such corporation.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1988 c. 40.
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