{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northsouth-co-operation-implementation-bodies-northern-ireland-order-1999/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northsouth-co-operation-implementation-bodies-northern-ireland-order-1999/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/859",
  "legislation_title": "The North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northsouth-co-operation-implementation-bodies-northern-ireland-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) immediately before the transfer date is employed in the Northern Ireland Civil Service;\n(b) is so employed for the purposes of any functions which are transferred to the Body on that date and either—\n(i) is so employed wholly or mainly for those purposes; or\n(ii) consents to being designated under this sub-paragraph, and\n(c) is designated by the Department for the purposes of that transfer,\nshall on such date as the Department may designate (“the designated date”) be transferred to the employment of the Body.\n(2) A designation under sub-paragraph (1) (whether of a person or a date) may be made at any time before, or within a period of two years beginning on, the transfer date; but a designated date must fall within that period of two years.\n(3) Before making a designation under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to any person, the Department shall consult—\n(a) that person; and\n(b) any recognised trade union of which he is a member.\n(4) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 shall apply in relation to a person transferred under sub-paragraph (1) as they apply in relation to a person to whom that paragraph applies, but as if—\n(a) for references to the transferor there were substituted references to a Northern Ireland department;\n(b) for references to the Body within the meaning of that Schedule there were substituted references to the Body within the meaning of this Schedule;\n(c) that person were employed under a contract of employment with a Northern Ireland department; and\n(d) any reference to the appointed day were a reference to the designated date.\n(5) Superannuation benefits granted to persons who are transferred under sub-paragraph (1) and the terms and conditions relating to those benefits shall not be less favourable to those persons than those to which they were entitled immediately before the designated date.\n(6) If any dispute arises as to whether there has been a contravention of sub-paragraph (5), the matter shall be determined by the Department of Finance and Personnel.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 2.12.1999, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/859/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:42.621355+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."
}