Transfer of residual liabilities
70Transfer of residual liabilities
(1)If a Strategic Health Authority, a Primary Care Trust, an NHS trust or a Special Health Authority ceases to exist, the Secretary of State must exercise his functions so as to secure that all of the body’s liabilities (other than any criminal liabilities) are dealt with.
(2)A liability is dealt with by being transferred to an NHS body, the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers.