# The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Further Transitional Arrangements and Staffing) Regulations 2009, Regulation 7: Staffing


(1) Notwithstanding regulation 3(5) of the TUPE Regulations, the transfer of port health authority functions by or in consequence of a structural change made by a section 7 order—
(a) from a predecessor council to a single tier council; or
(b) from a joint board to a single tier council,
shall be treated for all purposes as a relevant transfer within the meaning of the TUPE Regulations, whether or not, apart from this provision, those Regulations would otherwise apply.
(2) In this regulation—
“joint board” means a board constituted as a port health authority under section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 or section 2 of the Public Health Act 1936;
“port health authority functions” means any functions exercised by a local authority or by a joint board by virtue of being constituted as a port health authority under those Acts; and
“the TUPE Regulations” means the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/486/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-changes-further-transitional-arrangements-and-staffing-regulations-2009/regulation-7
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