SCHEDULES

Staff transfer schemesE+W

5(1)The Secretary of State may make a scheme (“the scheme”) for—E+W

(a)the transfer of employees of a local probation board to a relevant person or so as to become employed in the civil service of the state;

(b)the transfer of employees of one relevant person to another relevant person or so as to become employed in the civil service of the state;

(c)the transfer of persons employed in the civil service of the state so as to become employees of a relevant person.

(2)The scheme may—

(a)be expressed to apply to any description of person (or, in the case of a transfer from a local probation board or relevant person, all its employees) or to any individual person;

(b)provide for the Secretary of State or any other person nominated by or in accordance with the scheme to determine any matter requiring determination under or in consequence of the scheme;

(c)make supplementary, incidental, transitional and consequential provision.

(3)The scheme may not be made unless any directions about consultation given by the Secretary of State have been complied with in relation to each person to be transferred by virtue of the scheme.