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87Transfer of discharge consentsE+W
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(1)Paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the WRA (transfer of discharge consents) is amended as follows.
(2)In sub-paragraph (2), the words “, subject to sub-paragraph (4) below,” are omitted.
(3)In sub-paragraph (3), the words “, subject to sub-paragraph (4) below,” are omitted.
(4)Sub-paragraph (4) is omitted.
(5)For sub-paragraph (6) there is substituted—
“(6)Where a consent under paragraph 3 or 6 above is to be transferred under sub-paragraph (1) above—
(a)the person from whom and the person to whom the consent is to be transferred shall give joint notice to the Agency of the proposed transfer;
(b)the notice may specify the date on which it is proposed that the transfer should take effect;
(c)within twenty-one days beginning with the date of receipt of the notice duly given in accordance with sub-paragraph (6A) below, the Agency shall—
(i)arrange to amend the consent by substituting the name of the transferee as holder of the consent; and
(ii)serve notice on the transferor and the transferee that the amendment has been made; and
(d)the transfer shall take effect from the later of—
(i)the date on which the Agency amends the consent; and
(ii)the date (if any) specified in the joint notice under paragraph (a) above.
(6A)A joint notice under sub-paragraph (6)(a) above shall include such information as may be prescribed.
(6B)If the person from whom the consent is to be transferred is a person in whom the consent has vested by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, a joint notice given under sub-paragraph (6)(a) above shall be of no effect unless the notice required by sub-paragraph (7) below has been given.
(6C)A notice or other instrument given by or on behalf of the Agency pursuant to sub-paragraph (6) above shall not constitute an instrument signifying the consent of the Agency for the purposes of paragraph 8 above.”
(6)In sub-paragraph (9), the words “(6) or” are omitted.
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I1S. 87 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2528, art. 2(r) (with Sch. para. 68)
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