Part 6The Information Commission

120Transfer of property etc to the Information Commission

(1)

The Secretary of State may make a scheme for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities from the Information Commissioner to the Information Commission.

(2)

The things that may be transferred under a transfer scheme include—

(a)

property, rights and liabilities that could not otherwise be transferred;

(b)

property acquired, and rights and liabilities arising, after the making of the scheme.

(3)

A transfer scheme may—

(a)

make provision about the continuing effect of things done by the Information Commissioner in respect of anything transferred;

(b)

make provision about the continuation of things (including legal proceedings) in the process of being done by, on behalf of or in relation to the Information Commissioner in respect of anything transferred;

(c)

make provision for references to the Information Commissioner in an instrument or other document in respect of anything transferred under a transfer scheme to be treated as references to the Information Commission;

(d)

make provision which is the same as or similar to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246);

(e)

make other consequential, supplementary, incidental or transitional provision.

(4)

A transfer scheme may provide—

(a)

for modifications by agreement;

(b)

for modifications to have effect from the date when the original scheme came into effect.

(5)

In this section, references to rights and liabilities include rights and liabilities relating to a contract of employment.