SCHEDULE 4Transfer of staff, property and liabilities
2Transfer schemes
1
Where required to do so under paragraph 1(1), the transferor authority must—
a
make a staff transfer scheme or, as the case may be, a property transfer scheme, and
b
submit the scheme to the Scottish Ministers for approval,
by such date as the requirement may specify.
2
Before making the scheme the transferor authority must consult—
a
the transferee authority,
b
every local authority any part of whose area is within the National Park, and
c
in the case of a staff transfer scheme, such associations of employees of the transferor authority as the authority considers appropriate.
3
The scheme must specify a date (“the transfer date”) on which the transfer is to take effect.
4
In making the scheme the transferor authority must take into account any guidance given by the Scottish Ministers as to—
a
the provisions which they consider appropriate for inclusion in the scheme,
b
in the case of a staff transfer scheme, the criteria to be used in determining the employees to whom the scheme is to apply.