The Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc) Order 1995

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“CCLRC” means the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils;

“CCLRC team” means those persons currently employed by the EPSRC and designated on or before 31st March 1995 for assignment to the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils;

“Chilton site” means the site of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory at Chilton in the county of Oxfordshire;

“EPSRC” means the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;

“final transfer balance” means that part of the balance in the audited accounts of the EPSRC on 31st March 1995 which is identified for transfer to the CCLRC;

“Warrington site” means the site of the Daresbury Laboratory at Warrington in the county of Cheshire.

Transfer of land and related rights, liabilities and obligations from the EPSRC

3.  All land, including any immovable property on such land, and rights or liabilities in relation to such land held acquired or incurred by the EPSRC except the land, rights and liabilities described in Schedule 1 to this Order shall be transferred to the CCLRC subject to any requirement of the law of the place in which such land is situate.

Transfer of equipment, other movable property and final transfer balance from the EPSRC

4.—(1) Subject to any provision which is made in Article 5 of this Order all equipment and other movable property, including any vehicle, owned held or used by the EPSRC on the date of the coming into force of this Order, except any equipment other movable property or vehicle described in Schedule 2 to this Order, shall be transferred to the CCLRC subject to any requirement of the law of the place where such equipment or movable property is to be found.

(2) The amount constituting the final transfer balance of the EPSRC shall be transferred to the CCLRC.

Transfer of rights and obligations arising under agreements

5.  All rights and liabilities including any right to possession of any movable property arising under or in relation to any agreement for goods or services which—

(1) has been entered into by the EPSRC from the Chilton site or the Warrington site; or

(2) which is described in Schedule 3 to this Order;

shall be transferred to the CCLRC.

Transfer of obligations under contracts of employment

6.  All rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or relating to any contract of employment whereby any person is employed by the EPSRC before the coming into force of this Order and assigned to the “CCLRC team” shall be transferred to the CCLRC.

Continuity for certain pensions provisions

7.—(1) Where any person transferred by virtue of this Order to the employment of the CCLRC is a person who, by virtue of Article 5(1) of the Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 1994(1), is included immediately before the transfer in the persons for whom a scheme may be maintained under paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954—

(a) that person shall continue to be so included in respect of his employment with the CCLRC; and

(b) any scheme which is so maintained shall have effect after that transfer as regards that person as if the employment to which he is transferred were a continuation of the employment in respect of which he fell to be so included before the transfer.

(2) The CCLRC shall pay to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (in addition to any sums required to be paid in consequence of the transfer by virtue of this Order of any liability under Article 5(2) of the Research Councils (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 1994) such sums in respect of

(a) any payments falling by virtue of paragraph (1) above to be made by the Authority to or in respect of a person transferred to the employment of the CCLRC; and

(b) the accruing liability for any such payments as may be agreed between the CCLRC and the Authority or as may, in default of agreement, be determined by the Treasury.