Paragraph 18B F1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

If a person employed in relevant employment by a health service employer is taken into relevant employment by another such employer, his period of employment at the time of the change of employer shall count as a period of employment with the second employer and the change shall not break the continuity of the period of employment.

(2)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) employment is relevant employment if it is employment of a description—

(a)

in which persons are engaged while undergoing professional training which involves their being employed successively by a number of different health service employers, and

(b)

which is specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.

(3)

The following are health service employers for the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)

Health Authorities established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977,

(b)

Special Health Authorities established under section 11 of that Act,

(c)

National Health Service trusts established under Part I of the M1National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990,

(d)

the Dental Practice Board, and

(e)

the Public Health Laboratory Service Board.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 13 para. 18B inserted (28.6.1995 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 103(3)(b)

Marginal citations

M1: 1990 c.19

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Words in long title substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1

Notes on Schedule 13

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 13 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202) and subject to an amendment to para. 20(3) (2.12.1996 for specified purposes and otherwiseprosp.)) by 1995 c. 50, s. 70(3)(4)(5), Sch. 6 para. 3, Sch. 7; S.I. 1996/1474, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. III