The Technology Strategy Board (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/1676
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Technology Strategy Board (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st July 2007.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“Secretary of State” means Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; and

“ TSB ” means Technology Strategy Board.

Section 3 Transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations

There are transferred to the TSB all property, rights, liabilities and obligations held, acquired or incurred by the Secretary of State on or before 1st July 2007—

(a) arising under or in relation to the contracts specified in Schedule 1, subject to the exceptions specified in that Schedule;

(b) arising under or in relation to grants awarded by the Secretary of State under section 5(1) of the Science and Technology Act 1965 under—

(i) the schemes for the transfer of knowledge and expertise which are specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2;

(ii) the Collaborative Research and Development Schemes which are specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2, subject to the exception specified in that Part;

(iii) the Knowledge Transfer Network Schemes which are specified in Part 3 of Schedule 2; and

(iv) the other grant schemes relating to research and development which are specified in Part 4 of Schedule 2;

(c) arising under or in relation to the grants awarded under section 5(1) of that Act which are specified in Schedule 3;

(d) arising under or in relation to a contract of employment of a person who before 1st July 2007—

(i) agreed to become an employee of the TSB; or

(ii) accepted an offer of employment from the TSB,

and who was at the time of that agreement or acceptance an official employed in the Department of Trade and Industry; and

(e) otherwise arising in connection with—

(i) any of the matters to which the contracts referred to in paragraph (a) or (d) relate; or

(ii) the award or administration of any of the grants or schemes referred to in paragraph (b) or (c),

whether imposed by or under any statutory provision, in relation to any civil proceedings, or otherwise.

Section 4 Continuity of employment

Where rights, liabilities and obligations under or in relation to a contract of employment are transferred by virtue of article 3(d), the contract has effect from 1st July 2007 as if originally made between the employee and the TSB.