Article 10 Appointment of officers before 1st April 1974
Where a local authority before 1st April 1974 appoint to hold any office or employment before or as from that date any person (hereinafter referred to as “the officer”) who, but for the appointment, would be transferred on 1st April 1974 under section 255 of the Act to the employment of any local authority, the appointment shall be on such terms and conditions that—
(a)
so long as the officer is engaged in duties reasonably comparable to those in which he was engaged immediately before the appointment, the scale of his salary or remuneration; and
(b)
the other terms and conditions of his employment,
are not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the appointment.