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Section 36(6)
1U.K.In this Schedule—
“transfer” means—
a transfer of functions under section 36 to the Authority, or
a transfer of property, rights and liabilities to the Authority or to the Council under section 36, and
“transfer scheme” means a transfer scheme under section 36.
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I1Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
2(1)The property, rights and liabilities which may be transferred by a transfer scheme include property, rights and liabilities that would not otherwise be capable of being transferred or assigned.U.K.
(2)The transfers authorised by sub-paragraph (1) include transfers which are to take effect as if there were no such contravention, liability or interference with any interest or right as there would otherwise be by reason of any provision having effect (whether under any enactment or agreement or otherwise) in relation to the terms on which the transferor is entitled to the property or right, or subject to the liability, in question.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
3U.K.A transfer scheme may define the property, rights and liabilities to be transferred by specifying them or describing them or by referring to all (or all except anything specified or described) of the property, rights and liabilities comprised in a specified part of the undertaking of the transferor (or partly in one way and partly in the other).
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
4U.K.A transfer scheme may include such supplementary, incidental, transitional and consequential provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
5(1)If, after the day appointed by a transfer scheme, the transferor and transferee so agree in writing, the scheme shall for all purposes be deemed to have come into force on that day with such modifications as may be agreed.U.K.
(2)An agreement under this paragraph may, in connection with giving effect to modifications to the scheme, include incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision.
(3)In this paragraph, “modifications” includes additions, alterations and omissions.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 3 para. 5 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
6(1)Anything done by the transferor for the purpose of or in connection with anything transferred which is in effect immediately before it is transferred shall be treated as if done by the transferee.U.K.
(2)A transfer does not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the transferor before the transfer takes effect.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
7U.K.There may be continued by or in relation to the transferee anything (including legal proceedings) relating to anything transferred which is in the process of being done by or in relation to the transferor immediately before it is transferred.
Commencement Information
I7Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
8U.K.The transferee shall be substituted for the transferor in any document relating to anything transferred.
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
9U.K.Where a person employed in the civil service of the state becomes an employee of the Council under a transfer scheme, his period of employment in that service counts as a period of employment with the Council for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) (and the change of employer does not break the continuity of the period of employment for those purposes).
Commencement Information
I9Sch. 3 para. 9 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/968, art. 2(e)
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