Article 3 Transfer of officers employed by Regional Health Authorities

(1)

Except as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, any officer employed immediately before the material date by any of the old authorities shall on the material date be transferred to the employment of the relevant new authority, and the contract of employment of that officer shall be modified so as to substitute as the employer the relevant new authority.

(2)

Where—

(a)

this article makes provision for the transfer of an officer; and

(b)

the officer in question is employed jointly by any of the old authorities and another person,

that provision shall have effect to transfer that officer to the employment of the relevant new authority and that other person jointly, and the contract of employment of that officer shall be modified so as to substitute the relevant new authority as one of the joint employers.

(3)

This article shall not apply to any officer whose employment is, on the material date, to be transferred—

(a)

by or under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990^f1, to a National Health Service trust; or

(b)

under the National Health Service (Transfer of Officers) (No.2) Regulations 1986^f2, to another health authority.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1990 c. 19.
f2: S.I.1986/524.