{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-registration-service-in-wales-order-1995/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-registration-service-in-wales-order-1995/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3106",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Registration Service in Wales) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-registration-service-in-wales-order-1995",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Registration Officers to be Treated as Employees for Certain Purposes",
  "text": "For the purposes of sections 40 (Staff Commission for Wales), 41 (continuity of employment in certain cases of voluntary transfer) and 43 (compensation for loss of office or diminution of emoluments) of the 1994 Act, any registration officer shall, as respects his office, be treated as employed by the old authority by which he was appointed and, on and after 1st April 1996, as an officer in the employment of the new authority to which he is transferred in accordance with article 3(2) of this Order, and any reference in those sections—\n(a) to “employed”, “employment”, “employee” or “employer” shall be construed accordingly; and\n(b) to a “contract of employment” or “contract” shall be construed as a reference to the terms and conditions of the registration officer’s appointment and “contractual rights” shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3106/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:57:05.229154+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."
}