Explanatory note

Section 174 of the Education Reform Act 1988 provides that if an employee of the Inner London Education Authority (“ILEA”) or the London Residuary Body (“LRB”) ceases to be so employed after such a date as is specified by Order made by the Secretary of State, and is subsequently employed by a new employer in circumstances which preclude his receiving a redundancy payment, his period of employment with ILEA or the LRB shall count as employment with the new employer. This Order specifies 14th July 1989 for the purposes of section 174.

Section 175 of the Act provides that if, after such a date as is specified by Order made by the Secretary of State, an inner London council proposes to engage a person currently employed by ILEA, they shall, if reasonably practicable, employ him on terms that preserve the continuity of his employment so that he is not entitled to a redundancy payment. If they fail to do so, the Secretary of State may in certain circumstances direct that the council pays to the LRB an amount equal to any such redundancy payment. This Order also specifies 14th July 1989 for the purposes of section 175.