(1)The Minister for the Cabinet Office may make a scheme or schemes transferring property, rights and liabilities from a Minister of the Crown to the Board and such transfer shall have effect in accordance with the terms of the scheme.
(2)A scheme under subsection (1) may operate in relation to property, rights and liabilities as specified in section 56(2)(a), (b) and (c).
(3)A scheme under subsection (1) may include consequential and incidental provision and may in particular—
(a)make provision for the continuing effect of things done by the Minister of the Crown in relation to anything transferred by the scheme;
(b)make provision for the continuation of things (including legal proceedings) in the process of being done by, on behalf of or in relation to the Minister of the Crown in relation to anything transferred by the scheme;
(c)make provision for references to the Minister of the Crown in an agreement (whether written or not), instrument or other document in relation to anything transferred by the scheme to be treated as references to the Board;
(d)make provision for shared ownership, use or access.
(4)Where a scheme has been made under subsection (1), the Minister of the Crown and the Board may agree in writing to modify the scheme (and any such modification shall have effect as from the date the original scheme came into effect).
Commencement Information
I1S. 58 in force at 1.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/839, art. 2