6(1)A transfer scheme may make supplementary, incidental, transitional or consequential provision and may in particular—
(a)create rights, or impose liabilities, in relation to property, rights or liabilities transferred;
(b)make provision about the continuing effect of things done by a transferor in respect of anything transferred;
(c)make provision about the continuation of things (including legal proceedings) in the process of being done by, on behalf of, or in relation to, a transferor in respect of anything transferred;
(d)make provision for references to a transferor in any instrument or other document in respect of anything transferred to be treated as references to the transferee;
(e)prevent a right of pre-emption, right of reverter, right of forfeiture, right to compensation or other similar right from arising or becoming exercisable as a result of the transfer;
(f)dispense with any formality in relation to the transfer of anything by the scheme;
(g)make provision for the shared ownership or use of property;
(h)require a transferor, an associate of a transferor, or a transferee, to enter into any agreement of any kind, or for a purpose, specified in or determined in accordance with the scheme.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1)(d) does not apply to references in—
(a)primary legislation,
(b)subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (see section 21(1) of that Act), or
(c)an instrument made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament, an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or Northern Ireland legislation.
(3)Any requirement imposed on a person by a transfer scheme is enforceable by the Secretary of State in civil proceedings—
(a)for an injunction,
(b)for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988, or
(c)for any other appropriate remedy or relief.
(4)A certificate issued by the Secretary of State to the effect that any property, interest, right or liability transferred in accordance with a transfer scheme to a person specified in the certificate at a time so specified is conclusive evidence of the matters so specified.
(5)In this paragraph—
“associate” has the meaning given by section 1152 of the Companies Act 2006;
“primary legislation” means—
an Act,
an Act of the Scottish Parliament,
an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or
Northern Ireland legislation.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 para. 6 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 334(2)(h)(ii)