Health Professions Wales (“HPW”) is established by the Health Professions Wales (Establishment, Membership, Constitution and Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/551 (W.55)) for the purpose of undertaking functions on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales in relation to health care professions and health care support workers.

Under section 5 (2) of the Health (Wales) Act 2003, the National Assembly for Wales may, by order, transfer to HPW, for the purposes of enabling or assisting HPW to carry out functions on behalf of the Assembly, property, rights and liabilities and persons employed in connection with any of those functions.

This order transfers the land and contents of the Assembly specified in the Schedule to HPW (articles 2 and 3)and also effect the transfer of certain staff employed by the Assembly to HPW (article4).