There are to be maintained in the State such colleges as the Minister considers necessary or desirable for the provision of vocational education and training and for that purpose the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette¾

(a) establish a college;

(b) amalgamate a college or part of a college with another college or close a college;

(c) name or rename a college; and

(d) make provision in relation to any other matters necessary for, or incidental to ¾

(i) giving effect to the order; and

(ii) protecting the rights, interests and welfare of persons affected by an order by which colleges are amalgamated or a college is closed.