The Hearing Aid Council (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2010
This Order transfers all the property, rights and liabilities of the Hearing Aid Council (“HAC”) to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (“Secretary of State”) when the HAC is dissolved on 1st August 2010 (article 2(1)). This is as a consequence of the HAC being dissolved by section 123(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14) and its statutory functions in relation to the regulation of hearing aid dispensers being transferred to the Health Professions Council by virtue of the Health Professions (Hearing Aid Dispensers) Order 2010 (S.I.2010/233).