# The Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Staff) Order 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates, for the purposes of section 42 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, staff of district and county councils and the Milford Port Health Authority which are subject to abolition on 1st April 1996. It specifies a new county council, county borough council or National Park authority in Wales as their new employer.
Section 42 provides that the employment contract of staff so designated has effect as if originally made between them and the new employer specified in the Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/501/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-staff-order-1996/note
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