Explanatory Note

(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.