National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990

5 After paragraph 7 of that Schedule there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

“7A Regulations may provide for the transfer of officers and servants from a Health Board to—

(a) another Health Board;

(b) the Agency; or

(c) a state hospital,

and for arrangements under which the services of an officer or servant of a Health Board are placed at the disposal of a body mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c).

7B Directions may be given by the Secretary of State—

(a) to a Health Board to place services of any of its officers or servants at the disposal of a body mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph 7A; and

(b) to any such body to employ as an officer or servant any person who is or was employed by a Health Board and is specified in the direction,

and a Board or body to which such directions are given shall comply with the directions.

7C Before making regulations under paragraph 7A or 8A, the Secretary of State shall consult such bodies and organisations as appear to him to be concerned.”