7(1)This paragraph applies where a collective agreement made by or on behalf of the Auditor General satisfies the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (2).E+W
(2)The conditions are that the agreement—
(a)existed at the time of the transfer mentioned in paragraph 5(1),
(b)was made with a trade union recognised by the Auditor General, and
(c)applied in respect of an employee whose employment transferred under paragraph 5(1) (“a transferred employee”).
(3)After the transfer mentioned in paragraph 5(1)—
(a)the agreement, in its application to a transferred employee, is to have effect as if made with the trade union by or on behalf of the WAO, and
(b)anything done before the transfer under or in connection with the agreement in respect of a transferred employee by or in relation to the Auditor General is to be treated as having been done by or in relation to the WAO.
(4)Nothing in this paragraph prejudices the application of sections 179 and 180 of the 1992 Act (collective agreements presumed to be unenforceable in specified circumstances) to the agreement.
(5)In this paragraph—
“collective agreement” has the same meaning as in the 1992 Act,
“recognised” has the meaning given in section 178(3) of the 1992 Act,
“trade union” has the same meaning as in the 1992 Act, and
“1992 Act” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2013/1466, art. 3(1)