SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Transfer Schemes

Procedure for making schemes

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1

Before making a staff transfer scheme or a property transfer scheme, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the following persons have been consulted (whether by the Secretary of State or another person)—

a

those persons that the Secretary of State considers likely to be affected by the making of the scheme, and

b

such other persons as appear to the Secretary of State to represent the interests of such persons.

2

The Secretary of State must have regard to the results of the consultation in determining whether to make the scheme.

3

For the purposes of this paragraph it does not matter whether consultation takes place before or after the passing of this Act.