# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Paragraph 17 Extent: S In connection with arrangements relating to community care services ..., the Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect toβ€” (a) the transfer to employment by a local authority of staff employed by an NHS trust; and (b) the transfer to employment by a national Health Service body of staff transferred to employment by a local authority by virtue of this paragraph. and for the purposes of this paragraph β€œ National Health Service body ” means an NHS trust, a Health Board or the Agency. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/schedule/7A/paragraph/17 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-7A/paragraph-17 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.