# The Colleges of Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110491173/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-colleges-of-education-northern-ireland-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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