Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts: transfer schemes Section 69: Transfer schemes between trusts
This section inserts section 69A into the NHS Act 2006.
	Section 69A, subsection 1 allows for NHS England to make one or more schemes to transfer property, rights and liabilities from a relevant NHS body to another relevant NHS body. A relevant NHS body is defined in subsection (8).
	Subsection (2) states that the application for a transfer scheme must be made jointly by the relevant NHS bodies, and state the property, rights and or liabilities which the NHS bodies wish to transfer.
	Subsection (3) allows NHS England to grant an application for a transfer scheme when it is satisfied that any steps it considers necessary have been taken. This could include NHS England carrying out a review of the transfer and requiring the relevant NHS bodies to make a compelling case for such transfers (for example, patient benefits or value for money).
	Subsection (4) sets out what may be included in a transfer scheme, such as property, rights, liabilities and criminal liabilities.
	Subsection (5) sets out what can be provided to the transferee as part of the transfer scheme, any continued role of the transferor and the scope of the transfer scheme generally (for example enabling the transfer scheme to make provisions for shared ownership or use of property).
	Subsection (6) allows for a transfer scheme to be modified, and for those modifications to have effect from when the transfer scheme originally came into effect.
	Subsection (7)(a) defines rights and liabilities to include rights and liabilities in relation to employment contracts.
	Subsection (7)(b) notes a transfer of property includes a grant of a lease.
	Subsection (8) defines a relevant NHS body as an NHS Trust or an NHS foundation trust. It also defines TUPE regulations as the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.