SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8CHAI and CSCI: transfers of property and staff, etc

Transfer schemes

1

(1)

The Secretary of State may make one or more schemes for—

(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.