{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-agency-arrangements-staff-transfer-and-protection-order-1976/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-agency-arrangements-staff-transfer-and-protection-order-1976/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1976/1421",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Agency Arrangements (Staff Transfer and Protection) Order 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-agency-arrangements-staff-transfer-and-protection-order-1976",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where it is determined that an officer has sustained hardship in consequence of his transfer the authority to whom he has been transferred shall in consultation with the officer and representatives of their employees seek a remedy and, not later than the expiration of 2 months (or such longer period as may be agreed by the officer) following the notification of the determination, notify the officer of any remedy which they are able to offer him or that they are unable to offer him any remedy but that an allowance would be paid to him in respect of the hardship.\n(2) In either event, the officer shall be informed—\nthat he may, subject to paragraph (5), request that his employment be terminated and\nof his entitlements if it is so terminated.\n(3) Any remedy offered under paragraph (1) may be accepted by the officer within the 2 months following the notification thereof, or within such longer period as may be agreed by the authority.\n(4) An allowance in respect of hardship shall be by periodic payments of such amount as may be determined by agreement between the officer and the authority or failing such agreement in accordance with the arrangements applicable for the determination of disputes as to employment and terms and conditions thereof between them.\nIn the event of any change of circumstances the payment of the allowance or the amount thereof may be reviewed by such agreement or failing agreement in accordance with such arrangements.\n(5) No such request as is described in paragraph (2) shall be made after the expiration of 2 months from the determination of the amount of the periodic payments of the allowance.\n(6) Article 29 shall not apply to any officer to whom an allowance is payable under this article.\n(7) If the remedy offered is, with the agreement of the authority from whose employment the officer was transferred by article 11, transfer back to the employment of that authority, and that remedy is accepted by the officer and he is so transferred, articles 12 to 18 and 20 to 30 shall cease to apply to him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/1421/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:43.026194+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."
}