PART 1Health service in England: integration, collaboration and other changes
Miscellaneous
I1I289Repeal of spent powers to make transfer schemes etc
1
In the Health and Social Care Act 2012, omit—
a
sections 300 and 301;
b
section 308(3)(i);
c
Schedules 22 and 23.
2
For section 302 of that Act substitute—
302Transfer schemes in respect of previously transferred property
1
This section applies in relation to any property, rights or liabilities transferred under a property transfer scheme made under section 300(1) (before its repeal) from a Primary Care Trust, a Strategic Health Authority or the Secretary of State to a Special Health Authority or a qualifying company.
2
The Secretary of State may make a scheme for the transfer of any such property, rights or liabilities from the Special Health Authority or qualifying company to any of the following—
a
a Minister of the Crown;
b
NHS England;
c
an integrated care board;
d
an NHS trust;
e
an NHS foundation trust;
f
a qualifying company.
3
The things that may be transferred under a scheme under this section include—
a
property, rights and liabilities that could not otherwise be transferred;
b
property acquired, and rights and liabilities arising, after the making of the scheme;
c
criminal liabilities, except where transfer is to a Minister of the Crown.
4
A transfer scheme under this section may make supplementary, incidental, transitional and consequential provision and may in particular—
a
create rights, or impose liabilities, in relation to property or rights transferred;
b
make provision about the continuing effect of things done by the transferor in respect of anything 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 transferor in respect of anything transferred;
d
make provision for references to the transferor in an instrument or other document in respect of anything transferred to be treated as references to the transferee.
5
A transfer scheme under this section may make provision for the shared ownership or use of property.
6
A transfer scheme under this section may provide—
a
for the scheme to be modified by agreement after it comes into effect, and
b
for any such modifications to have effect from the date when the original scheme comes into effect.
7
In this section references to the transfer of property include references to the grant of a lease.
8
In this section “qualifying company” means—
a
a company which is formed under section 223 of the National Health Service Act 2006 and wholly or partly owned by the Secretary of State or NHS England, or
b
a subsidiary of a company which is formed under that section and wholly owned by the Secretary of State.
3
In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (bodies the records of which are public records), in Part 1 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3, omit “or section 300 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012”.