The Transfer of Colleges of Further Education (Scotland) Order 1992

Made: 29th June 1992

Laid before Parliament: 10th July 1992

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 11(1), 34(3), 60 and 61 of, and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 8 to, the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Colleges of Further Education (Scotland) Order 1992 and shall come into force for the purposes of articles 1, 2 and 3 on 1st September 1992 and for all other purposes on 1st April 1993.

Transfer of management of colleges of further education

2

The colleges of further education specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 11(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.

Beginning of transitional period

3

For the purposes of section 34(3) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, the date with which the transitional period begins is hereby prescribed as 1st September 1992 for each college of further education specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Amendment of subordinate legislation

4

The provisions of the subordinate legislation specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby amended as stated therein.

SCHEDULE 1 — COLLEGES OF FURTHER EDUCATION TRANSFERRED

• Aberdeen College of Further Education

• Angus College of Further Education

• Anniesland College

• Ayr College

• Banff and Buchan College of Further Education

• Bell College of Technology

• Borders College

• Cambuslang College

• Cardonald College

• Central College of Commerce

• Clackmannan College of Further Education

• Clydebank College

• Coatbridge College

• Cumbernauld College

• Dundee College of Further Education

• Dumfries and Galloway College of Technology

• Elmwood College

• Falkirk College of Technology

• Fife College of Technology

• Glasgow College of Building and Printing

• Glasgow College of Food Technology

• Glasgow College of Nautical Studies

• Glenrothes College

• Inverness College

• James Watt College

• Jewel and Esk Valley College

• John Wheatley College

• Kilmarnock College

• Langside College

• Lauder College

• Lews Castle College

• Moray College of Further Education

• Motherwell College

• North Glasgow College

• Oatridge Agricultural College

• Perth College of Further Education

• Reid Kerr College

• Stevenson College

• Stow College

• Telford College

• The Barony College

• Thurso College

• West Lothian College

SCHEDULE 2 — AMENDMENT OF SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

1

In the Local Government (Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Regulations 1979[^f00002]—

• (a) in regulation 3, in the definition of “educational establishment”, for the words “or (h)” there shall be substituted

• ,(h) or (j)

• (b) in regulation 21(1), for the words “or (h)” there shall be substituted

• ,(h) or (j)

• (c) in regulation 21(3)—

• (i) at the end of sub-paragraph (a), the word “and” shall be deleted;

• (ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) for the full stop there shall be substituted

• ; and

; and

• (iii) the following sub-paragraph shall be added:—

(c) the date of closure of an educational establishment referred to in paragraph (j) of Schedule 1 shall be the date with effect from which the board of management of the establishment is dissolved by an Order made by virtue of section 25 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 and where no provision has been made in such Order for the transfer of the obligation imposed upon that establishment under regulation 20(1) of these Regulations.

; and

• (d) at the end of Schedule 1—

• (i) for the full stop there shall be substituted a semi-colon; and

• (ii) the following paragraph shall be added:—

(j) the board of management of a college of further education, which is managed by such a board in terms of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.

2

In the Teachers' (Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Regulations 1980[^f00003]—

• (a) in regulation 3, in the definition of “educational establishment”, for the words “or (d)” there shall be substituted

• , (d) or (e)

• (b) in regulation 20(1), for the words “or (d)” there shall be substituted

• , (d) or (e)

• (c) in regulation 20(3)—

• (i) at the end of sub-paragraph (a), the word “and” shall be deleted;

• (ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), for the full stop there shall be substituted

; and

; and

• (iii) the following sub-paragraph shall be added:—

(c) the date of closure of an educational establishment referred to in paragraph (e) of Schedule 4 shall be the date with effect from which the board of management of the establishment is dissolved by an Order made by virtue of section 25 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, and where no provision has been made in such Order for the transfer of the obligation imposed upon that establishment under regulation 19 of these Regulations.

; and

• (d) in Schedule 4—

• (i) at the end of paragraph (d) for the full stop there shall be substituted

; and

; and

• (ii) the following paragraph shall be added:—

(e) The board of management of a college of further education, which is managed by such a board in terms of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.

3

In the Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 1983[^f00004] at the end of the definition of “further education establishment” in regulation 4(2), there shall be inserted the words “or managed by a board of management in terms of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992”.

4

In the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987[^f00005], there shall be inserted at the end of Part I of Schedule 3 the following paragraph:—

(5) A college of further education which is managed by a board of management in terms of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.

5

In the Education (Access Funds) (Scotland) Regulations 1990[^f00006], at the end of regulation 2—

• (a) a semi-colon shall be substituted for the full stop; and

• (b) the following sub-paragraph shall be added:—

(e) a college of further education managed by a board of management in terms of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.

6

In paragraph 3 of Part IV of the Schedule to the Taxes (Relief for Gifts) (Designated Educational Establishments) Regulations 1992[^f00007]—

• (a) at the end of sub-paragraph (a), the word “or” shall be deleted; and

• (b) at the end of sub-paragraph (b)—

• (i) the word “, or” shall be substituted for the full stop, and

• (ii) the following sub-paragraph shall be added—

(c) a board of management in terms of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.

7

In Schedule 2 to the Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1992[^f00008], the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 4:—

(4A) Employment as a teacher in a college of further education which is managed by a board of management in terms of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 29th June 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes the colleges of further education to be transferred from the manage ment of education authorities to individual boards of management on 1st April 1993. It also prescribes 1st September 1992 as the date on which the transitional period (during which college councils will have certain additional powers) begins for college councils of colleges of further education so transferred and makes consequential amendments to subordinate legislation.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 37; section 61 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which this Order is made.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1979/785; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1982/917.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1980/1254; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/918 and 1986/412.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1983/1215; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/1025.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1987/1850; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/802 and 1990/422.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1990/1534; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/1025.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1992/42; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/1025.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1992/280, amended by S.I. 1992/1025.