Part 12: Miscellaneous Section 234: Transfer schemes in connection with regulations under section 233
This section enables the Secretary of State to make one or more transfer schemes in connection with regulations under section 233(1). These transfer schemes will allow the transfer of property, rights or liabilities to the new regulator from the Health and Safety Executive.
	Subsection (3) specifies that the things may be transferred include property, rights and liabilities that could not otherwise be transferred, property acquired, and rights and liabilities arising, after the making of the scheme, and criminal liabilities. Subsection (4) specifies in detail what the transfer scheme may do, including consequential, supplementary, incidental or transitional provisions. Subsection (5) specifies that the transfer scheme may provide for specified modifications of the transfer scheme. Subsections (6) to (9) provide various definitions relevant to this section.