Article 7 Schemes for the allocation of officers for transfer
The council of a non-metropolitan county—
shall if they are notified by the district council that they require a scheme to be made, and
may in any other case,
make a scheme for the allocation of relevant officers for transfer to the council of a district.
In this article “relevant officer” means an officer of a county council—
who immediately before the commencement of the Act was employed wholly or partly in the discharge of functions exercisable under section 21(1)(b) of the National Assistance Act 1948, or
who after the commencement of the Act—
is, under any arrangements made by the county council with a district council, employed wholly or partly in the discharge by the county council of any of the functions of the district council under the Act, or
has, under any agreement entered into by the county council with a district council, had his services placed wholly or partly at the disposal of the district council for the purposes of any of those functions.
In any scheme made under this article any arrangements or agreements made under section 101 or 113 of the Local Government Act 1972 shall be taken into account.
In preparing any scheme under this article a county council shall—
consult the district council and any bodies representative of officers appearing to them to be concerned; and
notify any officer likely to be allocated for transfer of such likelihood and supply to him a copy of articles 7 to 16; and
take into consideration any representations made by such officer.
Upon making any such scheme a county council shall—
transmit copies thereof to the district council and any bodies representative of officers appearing to them to be concerned; and
notify every officer allocated of such allocation and (unless such copy has already been supplied) supply to him a copy of articles 7 to 16.
Any such scheme may be amended by the county council by whom it was made, but—
no substantive amendment shall be made in a matter in respect of which there has been no consultation under paragraph (4) with the district council or with any body representative of staff appearing to the county council to be concerned without such consultation; and
no officer shall be allocated for transfer unless the action described in paragraph (4)(b) has been taken in relation to him.
Upon making any amendment the county council shall—
transmit copies of the scheme as amended or of the amendments to the district council and any bodies representative of officers appearing to them to be concerned; and
notify every officer affected by the amendments of his allocation and (unless such copy has already been supplied) supply him with a copy of articles 7 to 16.
If notice is given by the district council that they are dissatisfied with the provisions of any such scheme as made or amended the question shall be determined by agreement between the county council and the district council or failing such agreement by the decision of a person agreed on by them or in default of agreement appointed by the Secretary of State.
Upon any determination which involves a variation of the scheme the county council shall vary it in accordance with the determination and—
transmit copies of the scheme as amended or of the amendments to the district council and any bodies representative of staff appearing to them to be concerned; and
notify every officer affected by the variation of his allocation and (unless such copy has already been supplied) supply him with a copy of articles 7 to 16.
In any such scheme, any allocation of a person not in the whole-time employment of the county council shall be limited to the extent of his employment with that council.
Any question by an officer of any authority in relation to the application of a scheme to him shall be determined in accordance with the arrangements applicable to the determination of disputes as to employment and terms and conditions thereof between the officer and the authority, and on the determination of such question the authority shall make any necessary amendment of the scheme.