244Definitions

244 Definitions ***agency*** means— (b) a public health service; ***effective date***, in relation to an Order under this Part, means the date specified in the Order to be the effective date of that Order; ***old instrument*** means an instrument subsisting immediately before the effective date of an Order under section 248— (a) to which a transferring agency was a party; or (b) that was given to or in favour of a transferring agency; or (c) that refers to a transferring agency; or (i) money is, or may become, payable to or by a transferring agency; or (ii) other property is to be, or may become liable to be, transferred to or by a transferring agency; ***property*** means a legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description; ***receiving agency*** means an agency to which property, rights or liabilities are transferred under this Part; ***staff transfer date*** in relation to a list referred to in section 263 means the date fixed by the Minister under section 262 as the staff transfer date for the purposes of that list; ***transferred hospital employee*** means a person who, by reason of section 264 is regarded as being employed by a receiving agency with effect from the relevant staff transfer date; ***transferring agency*** means an agency from which property, rights or liabilities are transferred under this Part. S. 245 inserted by No. 52/2004 s. 51.