57(1)The Secretary of State may by order make provision in connection with the abolition of the Standards Board for England (“the Board”).E+W
(2)An order under this paragraph may make provision that has effect on or before the abolition date.
(3)An order under this paragraph may, in particular, make provision about the property, rights and liabilities of the Board (including rights and liabilities relating to contracts of employment).
(4)This includes—
(a)provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities (including to the Secretary of State), and
(b)provision for the extinguishment of rights and liabilities.
(5)An order under this paragraph that makes provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities may—
(a)make provision for certificates issued by the Secretary of State to be conclusive evidence that property has been transferred;
(b)make provision about the transfer of property, rights and liabilities that could not otherwise be transferred;
(c)make provision about the continuation of things (including legal proceedings) in the process of being done by, on behalf of or in relation to the Board in respect of anything transferred;
(d)make provision for references to the Board in an instrument or document in respect of anything transferred to be treated as references to the transferee.
(6)An order under this paragraph may—
(a)make provision about the continuing effect of things done by or in relation to the Board before such date as the order may specify;
(b)make provision about the continuation of things (including legal proceedings) in the process of being done by, on behalf of or in relation to the Board on such a date;
(c)make provision for references to the Board in an instrument or document to be treated on and after such a date as references to such person as the order may specify;
(d)make provision for the payment of compensation by the Secretary of State to persons affected by the provisions it makes about the property, rights and liabilities of the Board.