{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/section-161",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/section-161.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/42",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/161",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "161",
  "heading": "Transfers of trust property",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may, having regard to any change or proposed change—\n(a) in the arrangements for the administration of a hospital or other establishment or facility, or\n(b) in the area or functions of any NHS body other than an NHS foundation trust,\nby order provide for the transfer of any trust property from any relevant health service body to any other relevant health service body.\n(2) In this section “relevant health service body” means—\n(a) an NHS body,\n(b) special trustees, or\n(c) trustees for ...... an NHS trust ....\n(3) Where property is transferred by an order under this section to two or more bodies, it must be apportioned by them in such proportions as they may agree, or as may in default of agreement be determined by the Welsh Ministers, and the order may provide for the way in which the property must be apportioned.\n(4) Where property is so apportioned, the Welsh Ministers may by order make any consequential amendments of the trust instrument relating to the property.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 161(2)(c) omitted (17.6.2021) by virtue of NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 (c. 10), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)(i); S.I. 2021/712, reg. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 161(2)(c) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 21 para. 34(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 161(2)(c) omitted (17.6.2021) by virtue of NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 (c. 10), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)(ii); S.I. 2021/712, reg. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 161(5) omitted (17.6.2021) by virtue of NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Act 2016 (c. 10), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 12(b); S.I. 2021/712, reg. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/42/section/161",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:50.847860+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}