{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-transfer-of-staff-to-assembly-commission-scheme-order-2007/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1169",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of staff to Assembly Commission Scheme) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-transfer-of-staff-to-assembly-commission-scheme-order-2007",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Effect of variation of contract of employment",
  "text": "(1) In respect of a contract of employment that is, or will be, transferred by article 4 , any purported variation of the contract shall be void if the sole or principal reason for the variation is—\n(a) the transfer itself; or\n(b) a reason connected with the transfer that is not an economic, technical or organisational reason entailing changes in the workforce.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not prevent the Assembly and a listed relevant employee whose contract of employment will be transferred by article 4 from agreeing a variation of that contract if the sole or principal reason for the variation is—\n(a) a reason connected with the transfer that is an economic, technical or organisational reason entailing changes in the workforce; or\n(b) a reason unconnected with the transfer.\n(3) Paragraph (1) shall not prevent the Assembly Commission and a listed relevant employee whose contract of employment is transferred by article 4 from agreeing a variation of that contract if the sole or principal reason for the variation is—\n(a) a reason connected with the transfer that is an economic, technical or organisational reason entailing changes in the workforce; or\n(b) a reason unconnected with the transfer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1169/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:55:22.756470+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."
}