Paragraph 1

(1)

In this Schedule “relevant department” means—

(a)

the Department;

(b)

the Department of Education;

(c)

the Department of Finance and Personnel.

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), in this Schedule “relevant employee” means a person who, immediately before the transfer date, is employed by a relevant department as a member of staff at the college.

(3)

A person is not a relevant employee if his contract of employment with a relevant department terminates on the day immediately before the transfer date.

(4)

A person shall be treated as a relevant employee if—

(a)

he has, prior to the transfer date, entered into a contract of employment with a relevant department which is to come into effect on or after that date; and

(b)

he would, if the contract had come into effect before that date, have been a relevant employee.

(5)

For the purposes of this Schedule anything done before the transfer date by persons appointed by a relevant department in relation to the management of the college shall have effect as if done by that department.