# Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, Paragraph 41


(1) In determining for the purposes of section 10(1) of this Act whether or not a person is a civil servant, ignore any appointment for which the person was selected in reliance on an exception made by the old commission (within the meaning of Part 3 of this Schedule) from a requirement for selection for the appointment to be on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.
(2) But the recruitment principles (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of this Part of this Act) may disapply sub-paragraph (1) in specified cases.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/25/schedule/2/paragraph/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-and-governance-act-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-41
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