http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/section/115/2008-07-21Care Standards Act 2000An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration and regulation of children’s homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies; to make provision for the regulation and inspection of local authority fostering and adoption services; to establish a General Social Care Council and a Care Council for Wales and make provision for the registration, regulation and training of social care workers; to establish a Children’s Commissioner for Wales; to make provision for the registration, regulation and training of those providing child minding or day care; to make provision for the protection of children and vulnerable adults; to amend the law about children looked after in schools and colleges; to repeal the Nurses Agencies Act 1957; to amend Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-08-032008-07-21 Care StandardsCare Standards Act 2000s. 5(1)(a)(iii)Children and Young Persons Act 2008s. 4(2)(a)s. 6s. 44(4)art. 2(b)Care Standards Act 2000s. 23A-23D and cross-headingChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026s. 14(2)s. 78(5)Care Standards Act 2000s. 21(5A)Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026s. 14(3)s. 78(5) Part IXChapter I1151The contract of employment of an employee transferred under the scheme—ais not terminated by the transfer; andbhas effect from the date of transfer as if originally made between the employee and the transferee.2Where an employee is transferred under the scheme—aall the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the old employer under or in connection with the contract of employment are by virtue of this subsection transferred to the transferee on the date of transfer; andbanything done before that date by or in relation to the old employer in respect of that contract or the employee is to be treated from that date as having been done by or in relation to the transferee.This subsection does not prejudice the generality of subsection (1).3Subsections (1) and (2) do not transfer an employee’s contract of employment, or the rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with it, if he informs the old employer or the transferee that he objects to the transfer.4Where an employee objects as mentioned in subsection (3), his contract of employment with the old employer is terminated immediately before the date of transfer; but he is not to be treated, for any purpose, as having been dismissed by that employer.5This section does not prejudice any right of an employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions.But no such right arises by reason only that, by virtue of this section, the identity of his employer changes unless the employee shows that, in all the circumstances, the change is a significant change and is to his detriment.6In this section—“date of transfer” means the date of transfer determined under the scheme in relation to the employee;“transferee” means the new employer to whom the employee is or would be transferred under the scheme;and expressions used in this section and in the provision under which the scheme is made have the same meaning as in that provision.S. 115 wholly in force at 1.7.2001; s. 115 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 122; s. 115 in force for E. at 16.3.2001 by S.I. 2001/1210, arts. 1(3), 2(d); s. 115 in force for W. at 1.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2190, art. 2, Sch. Table