Property Transactions | Change log

B: Mandatory Requirements | Section 3. Leasing of NHSScotland property

Updated to reflect NHS Healthy Eating Initiative – new paragraph 3.1

C: Procedures | Section 3 Leasing of NHSScotland property

Updated to reflect NHS Healthy Eating Initiative – new paragraph 3.14 to clarify the inclusion of Healthy Heating Initiative policies with link to NHS Scotland Retail Policy for lease Guidance v3

Contacts

Minor address change

Management Section 5 : Income Generation

HyperLink correction

Current Version 2.1.2 (8 December 2015)

C: Procedures | Section 3: Lease Terms

Paragraph 3.13 amended to clarify threshold for notification to Accountable Officer for contingency liability with a financial liability over £1 million.

Annexes | Annex I

Paragraph 4.2 of Annex I amended to align with changes to Paragraph 3.13 of C: Procedures as above.

All downloadable documents updated to Version 2.1.2 (8 December 2015) for version consistency.

Current Version 2.1.1 (8 September 2015)

A: Management | Section 2: Statutory Background and Delegation
B: Mandatory Requirements | Section 1: Dispsal by sale lease or excambion

Weblinks to Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 fixed.

C: Procedures

Link added to Infrastructure Investment Board guide on considering Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).

Disposals Flowchart updated to link to SPV guide.

Version number tracking added to PDF page footer and homepage "Site Updates" link.

Current Version: v2.1
(November 2000 version assumed as v1.0, thus February 2011 version v2.0)

Overview

Minor amendments to content.

A: Management | Section 2: Statutory Background and Delegation

Content updated to reflect legislative/policy changes as a result of the Community Empowerment Bill, the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 and Town Centres First policy.

B: Mandatory Requirements | Section 1: Disposal by sale, lease or excambion | Preliminaries to Disposal

Content updated to reflect legislative/policy changes as a result of Health and Social Care Integration under the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.

B: Mandatory Requirements | Section 1: Disposal by sale, lease or excambion | Conclusion of Disposal

Paragraph 1.25 updated to refer to Special Purpose Vehicles and Joint Ventures.

C: Procedures

Addendum to Flowchart to include a diagrammatic aide memoire for issues to explore and consider when choosing a Special Pupose Vehicle.

Brief introduction to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 added.

Annexes

Annex III Certification Proforma revised. All other Annexes reformatted for consistency of presentation.

General

All PDF copies updated to align with website changes.

B: Mandatory Requirements | Section 1: Disposal by sale, lease or excambion | Preliminaries to Disposal

Paragraphs 1.12 and 1.13 covering Crichel Down Rules and Trawl Procedures updated to link to new Scottish Government guidance within the Scottish Public Finance Manual.

General

All references to Property Advice Division changed to SG Property Division and contact details updated.

PDF copies updated to reflect changes and also 31 January 2012 SGHSC changes.

General

All references to Scottish Government Health Directorates changed to Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (Acronym SGHD changed to SGHSC).

Note: PDF copies remain unchanged.

C: Procedures | Leasing of NHSScotland property

Weblink to Report setting out the Scottish Government's policy covering better asset management added.

B: Mandatory Requirements | Disposal by sale, lease or excambion

Paragraph 1.12: Link to Crichel Down rules updated to point to new Scottish Government guidance

C: Procedures | Sale of property

Paragraph 2.18.2: Link to Crichel Down rules updated to point to new Scottish Government guidance

C: Procedures | Leasing of NHSScotland property

Note added on arrangements for Special Health Boards.

A: Management | Post-transaction Monitoring | Monitoring Proforma Para 6.9 inserted

Paragraph added to advise of categorisation of inspection reports for individual transactions to be conducted by Independent Auditors and professional advisers.

B: Mandatory Requirements | Disposal by sale, lease or excambion

Para 1.27 "Retention of capital receipts" amended to reflect updated requirements mandated through CEL 32 (2010).

A: Management | Post-transaction Monitoring | Monitoring Proforma Para 6.7

Clause added to clarify selection of sample cases for annual monitoring exercise to ensure that an appropriate general framework is provided without being overly prescriptive.