NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent 1 1 This order may be cited as the Ashworth Hospital Authority (Abolition) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the National Health Service Act 1977; “the Authority” means the Ashworth Hospital Authority established by the Authorities for the Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1996 ; “the Trust” means the Mersey Care National Health Service Trust . 3 This Order extends to England and Wales . Abolition of the Authority and revocation of Order and Regulations 2 1 The Authority is hereby abolished. 2 The Authorities for the Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1996 is revoked. 3 The Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospital Authorities (Functions and Membership) Regulations 1996 are revoked. Transfer of Staff 3 1 Subject to paragraphs (2) and (5), any person who, immediately before the coming into force of this Order, was an officer of the Authority shall, on the coming into force of this Order, be transferred to the employment of the Trust. 2 This article shall not apply to an officer of the Authority whose contract of employment terminates on the day immediately preceding the coming into force of this Order. 3 The contract of employment of an officer transferred under paragraph (1)— a is not terminated by the transfer, and b has effect from the time of the transfer as if originally made between the officer and the Trust. 4 Without prejudice to paragraph (3)— a any right or liability of the Authority under or in connection with the officer’s contract of employment shall by virtue of this paragraph be transferred to the Trust; b anything done before the date of the transfer by or in relation to the Authority in respect of the officer or the contract of employment shall be deemed from that time to have been done by or in relation to the Trust. 5 Paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) do not transfer an officer’s contract of employment or any right or liability under or in connection with it is not transferred under this article, if he has informed the Authority or the Trust that he objects to the transfer. 6 Where an officer objects as mentioned in paragraph (5) his contract of employment with the Authority shall be treated as having been terminated immediately before the date on which the transfer would occur, but he shall not be treated, for any purpose, as having been dismissed by the Authority. 7 This article is without prejudice to any right of an officer to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions; but no such right shall arise by reason only that the identity of his employer changes unless the officer shows, that, in all the circumstances, the change is a significant change and is to his detriment. Transfer of property, rights and liabilities 4 The property, rights and liabilities of the Authority shall be transferred to the Trust. Winding-Up of affairs of the Authority 5 It shall be the duty of the Trust to take such action as may be necessary for the winding-up of the affairs of the Authority, including the preparation of the outstanding accounts of the Authority and the performance of all statutory duties relating to those accounts. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Jacqui Smith Minister of State, Department of Health 10th March 2002