{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-council-housing-staff-transfer-and-protection-order-1979/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1737",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Council Housing (Staff Transfer and Protection) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-council-housing-staff-transfer-and-protection-order-1979",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the London Government Act 1963;\n“the appointed day” means—\n(a) in relation to an officer transferred by or under Article 6 to the employment of a transferee authority—\n(i) the day upon which land or housing accommodation is transferred to that authority by a transfer of property order, or\n(ii) where land or housing accommodation is transferred to that authority by a transfer of property order on two or more days, the first such day, subject as provided in article 5(1); and\n(b) in relation to an officer transferred under article 8 to the employment of a relevant authority, the day upon which he is so transferred;\n“officer”, in relation to any authority, includes the holder of any office or employment under that authority;\n“relevant officer” means an officer of the Greater London Council or, in the case of an officer transferred under article 8 from the employment of a transferee authority, that authority who—\n(a) immediately before the appointed day—\n(i) is employed wholly or mainly in connection with the discharge of the Greater London Council's functions as a local authority under the Housing Act 1957 or, in the case of an officer transferred under article 8 from the employment of a transferee authority, the functions of that authority;\n(ii) has not taken up the duties of his employment, but had he done so would be employed as mentioned in (i) above; or\n(iii) is absent from his normal duties, whether for the purpose of training or otherwise, and, were he not so absent, would be employed as mentioned in (i) above;\n(b) will not, on the appointed day, enter into the employment of a transferee authority by virtue of any agreement entered into between him and that authority (other than an agreement under article 8); and\n(c) is not an officer whose employment is to be terminated on or before the appointed day, otherwise than by virtue of a transfer of land or housing accommodation as mentioned in article 3 or his transfer under article 8;\n“scheme” means a scheme made under article 4;\n“terms and conditions of employment” include any restriction which arises under any Act or instrument made under any Act on the termination of the employment of any officer; and shall, for the purposes of articles 7 and 15, include such a restriction, notwithstanding repeal or revocation of the Act or instrument under which it arose;\n“transfer of property order” means an order under section 23(3) of the London Government Act 1963, made after 31st March 1979, which transfers land or housing accommodation to a transferee authority; and\n“transferee authority” means a London borough council or district council.\n(2) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an article shall be construed as a reference to an article in this order, any reference to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph in the same article and any reference to a sub-paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a sub-paragraph in the same paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1981/1855",
      "affecting_title": "The Community Road Transport Rules (Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1981"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1737/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:07:43.933762+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."
}