Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

Yn ddilys o 11/03/2004

Transfer schemes E+W

1 (1) The Secretary of State may make one or more schemes for— E+W

(a) the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the National Care Standards Commission to the CHAI or the CSCI;

(b) the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the Audit Commission to the CHAI or the CSCI;

(c) the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the Commission for Health Improvement to the CHAI;

(d) the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of the Crown to the CHAI or the CSCI.

(2) The property, rights and liabilities which may be the subject of a scheme include—

(a) any that would otherwise be incapable of being transferred or assigned, and

(b) rights and liabilities under a contract of employment.

(3) A scheme under this paragraph may define the property, rights and liabilities to be transferred by specifying or describing them (including describing them by reference to a specified part of the transferor’s undertaking).

(4) A scheme under this paragraph may contain provision for the payment of compensation by the Secretary of State to any person or body (other than one mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)) whose interests are adversely affected by the scheme.

(5) A scheme under this paragraph may include supplementary, incidental, transitional and consequential provision.