# The Local Government (Staff Transfer Schemes) Order 1973, Paragraph 25


The general principles under which staff will be transferred are as follows:—
(a) any officer employed upon a function which, within the area of his existing authority, will on and after the appointed day be the statutory responsibility only of a county council (e.g. education or social services in a non-metropolitan county) and who is
(i) employed wholly or mainly in premises which are to be used after that date for the purposes of the discharge of its functions by a county council (e.g. a school or area social services office in the examples referred to) or
(ii) operating wholly or mainly from such premises (e.g. a highways depot) or
(iii) being otherwise employed wholly, or substantially so upon that function
will be transferred to the employment of the new county council whose area will include that of his existing authority.
(b) similarly, any officer employed upon a function which, within the area of his existing authority will on and after the appointed day be the statutory responsibility only of a district council (e.g. housing) will, according to similar criteria, be transferred to the employment of the new district council whose area will include that of his existing authority.
Where such an officer is employed by an existing county council the district council to which he will transfer should be determined, where possible, according to the area of the county with which his work is concerned.
If this is impracticable because his work is not related specifically to the area of any of the new districts, he will be transferred to such new district council as may be determined by the existing county council in consultation with the new district councils. In such circumstances the views of the officer concerned will be particularly relevant and should be sought at the earliest opportunity.
(c) Headquarters or other staff of existing authorities who do not fall within the categories of staff referred to at (a) or (b) above will be transferred as follows:
County council staff—to the new county council for that area
All other authorities—to the new district council within whose area the existing authority's area will be included.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1847/schedule/paragraph/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-staff-transfer-schemes-order-1973/schedule/paragraph-25
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