2002 No. 535
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (Transfer of Officers) Regulations 2002

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into Force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 105(7) and 108(1) of, and paragraph 7A of Schedule 1 and paragraph 7B of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 as read with article 5 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, (in each case) the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland Order 19992, the Health Technology Board for Scotland Order 20003 and the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland Order 20024, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with paragraph 7C of Schedule 1 and paragraph 8B of Schedule 5 to the said Act of 19785, with such bodies and organisations as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These regulations may be cited as the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (Transfer of Officers) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st January 2003.

(2)

In these Regulations–

“the Board” means NHS Quality Improvement Scotland6;

“contracts of employment” means those contracts of employment mentioned in regulation 2(3) below;

“previous employers” means the Agency, the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland7 and the Health Technology Board for Scotland8.

Transfer of Officers2.

(1)

All officers employed by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland and the Health Technology Board for Scotland on 31st December 2002 shall transfer to the Board on 1st January 2003.

(2)

All officers employed by the Agency and engaged in duties in the bodies known as the Clinical Resource and Audit Group or the Scottish Health Advisory Service on 31st December 2002 shall transfer to the Board on 1st January 2003.

(3)

The contracts of employment between the officers transferred by paragraphs (1) and (2) above and the previous employers shall not be terminated but shall have effect from 1st January 2003 as if originally made between such officers and the Board.

(4)

Without prejudice to the previous paragraphs of this regulation, on 1st January 2003–

(a)

all the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the previous employers under or in connection with the contracts of employment shall be transferred by virtue of this regulation to the Board;

(b)

anything done before the transfer of officers in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) above by or in relation to the previous employers in respect of the contracts of employment, shall be deemed to have been done by or in relation to the Board; and

(c)

any right or liability which was enforceable by or against the previous employers in respect of the employment by them of any officer who is transferred to the Board by virtue of paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be enforceable by or against the Board.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide in regulation 2(1) for the transfer on 1st January 2003 of those persons employed on that date by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland and the Health Technology Board for Scotland, to NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.

They also provide in regulation 2(2) for the transfer on 1st January 2003 of those persons who on that date are employed by the Common Services Agency and engaged in duties in the bodies known as the Clinical Resource and Audit Group or the Scottish Health Advisory Service.

Regulation 2(3) and (4) provides that the contracts of employment transferred shall be transferred with continuation of the contracts and all rights and liabilities pertaining to those who are transferred.