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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-county-council-borough-of-darlington-staff-transfer-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-county-council-borough-of-darlington-staff-transfer-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/460",
  "legislation_title": "The Durham County Council (Borough of Darlington) (Staff Transfer) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-county-council-borough-of-darlington-staff-transfer-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order\n“contract of employment” means a contract under which a person works for another person whether under a contract of service or apprenticeship or otherwise but does not include a contract for services;\n“designated list” means the list marked “The Durham County Council (Borough of Darlington) (Staff Transfer) Order 1997 Designated List” which is signed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, one copy of which is deposited with the Darlington Borough Council, one with the Durham County Council and one in the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment;\n“employee” means a person employed under a contract of employment including a person employed under a fixed term contract the expiry date for which is after 31st March 1997, but does not include a person whose employment is on a temporary basis and who on 31st March 1997 has had a continuous period of employment (when calculated in accordance with sections 210 to 219 of the Employment Rights Act 1996) of less than two years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/460/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:24:38.512993+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}