Health Act 1999

79 (1) Section 8 (transfer of property, rights and liabilities to NHS trust) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “such” there is substituted “any”,

(b) for “Health Authority or Special Health Authority” there is substituted “Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust”,

(c) the words from “as, in his opinion,” to the end are omitted.

(3) In subsections (2), (3) and (5), for “Health Authority or Special Health Authority” there is substituted “Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust”.

(4) For subsection (6) there is substituted—

“(6) Any property, rights and liabilities which—

(a) belong to, or are used or managed by, a Health Authority or Special Health Authority or belong to a Primary Care Trust, and

(b) are to be transferred to an NHS trust by or by virtue of an order under this section,

must be identified by agreement between the Health Authority, Special Health Authority or Primary Care Trust and the NHS trust or, in default of agreement, by direction of the Secretary of State.”