{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-staff-transfer-schemes-order-1973/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1847",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Staff Transfer Schemes) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-staff-transfer-schemes-order-1973",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provision as to schemes",
  "text": "(1) Any scheme made under article 3 shall allocate the officers covered by it on the basis of the likely needs of the services to be provided on and after 1st April 1974.\n(2) In any scheme made under paragraph (2) to (4) of article 3 any arrangements made under section 101 or 110, or any direction given under section 110, of the Act shall be taken into account, and the references to authorities in paragraphs (2) and (4) shall extend to, and “the relevant authorities” in paragraph (3) shall include, the authority who will be discharging any relevant functions by virtue of such arrangements or who are included in a direction under section 110 as the authority to discharge any relevant functions.\n(3) In preparing any scheme a council shall—\n(a) consult the authorities and bodies representative of officers appearing to them to be concerned; and\n(b) give all the officers likely to be transferred an opportunity to indicate any preference as to the authority to whom they would wish to be transferred and take into consideration the preferences so indicated.\n(4) Upon making a scheme a council shall transmit copies thereof to the authorities and bodies representative of staff appearing to them to be concerned and notify every officer to be transferred of the provision of the scheme in relation to him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1974/147",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Staff Transfer Schemes and Community Councils) Order 1974"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1847/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:58:29.210623+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."
}