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9(1)The Welsh Ministers may by order transfer, or provide for the transfer of, any of the property and liabilities of F1... F2... a Special Health Authority, a Local Health Board, or the Welsh Ministers, to an NHS trust, with effect from any date as may be specified in the order.E+W
(2)An order under this paragraph may create or impose such new rights or liabilities in respect of what is transferred or what is retained as appear to the Welsh Ministers to be necessary or expedient.
(3)Nothing in this paragraph affects the power of the Welsh Ministers or any power of a F3... F4... Special Health Authority or Local Health Board to transfer property or liabilities to an NHS trust otherwise than under sub-paragraph (1).
(4)Stamp duty is not chargeable in respect of any transfer to an NHS trust effected by or by virtue of an order under this paragraph.
(5)Where an order under this paragraph provides for the transfer—
(a)of land held on lease from a third party, or
(b)of any other asset leased or hired from a third party or in which a third party has an interest,
the transfer is binding on the third party notwithstanding that, apart from this sub-paragraph, it would have required his consent or concurrence.
(6)“Third party” means a person other than the Welsh Ministers, F5... F6... a Special Health Authority or a Local Health Board.
(7)Any property and liabilities which—
(a)belong to, or are used or managed by, a F7... Special Health Authority or Local Health Board F8..., and
(b)will be transferred to an NHS trust by or by virtue of an order under this paragraph,
must be identified by agreement between the F7... F9... Special Health Authority or Local Health Board and the NHS trust or, in default of agreement, by direction of the Welsh Ministers.
(8)Where, for the purpose of a transfer pursuant to an order under this paragraph, it becomes necessary to apportion any property or liabilities, the order may contain such provisions as appear to the Welsh Ministers to be appropriate for the purpose.
(9)Where any such property or rights fall within sub-paragraph (5), the order must contain such provisions as appear to the Welsh Ministers to be appropriate to safeguard the interests of third parties, including, where appropriate, provision for the payment of compensation of an amount to be determined in accordance with the order.
(10)In the case of any transfer made by or pursuant to an order under this paragraph, a certificate issued by the Welsh Ministers that any property specified in the certificate or any such interest in or right over any such property as may be so specified, or any right or liability so specified, is vested in the NHS trust specified in the order is conclusive evidence of that fact for all purposes.
(11)An order under this paragraph may include provision for matters to be settled by arbitration by a person determined in accordance with the order.
(12)Sub-paragraph (11) does not affect section 203(10).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(1) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(a)(i); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F2Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(1) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(a)(ii); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F3Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(3) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(b)(i); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F4Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(3) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(b)(ii); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F5Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(6) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(c)(i); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F6Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(6) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(c)(ii); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F7Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(7) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(d)(i); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F8Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(7) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(d)(ii); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F9Words in Sch. 3 para. 9(7) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 40(6)(d)(iii); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
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