18Transfer of staff from civil service to Health Service
Where a person becomes an employee of a body constituted under the [1977 c. 49.] National Health Service Act 1977 or the [1978 c. 29.] National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or section 91(2) of the [1984 c. 36.] Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 on direct transfer from employment in the civil service of the State, his period of employment in the civil service of the State at the time of the transfer shall count for the purposes of the [1978 c. 46.] Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 as a period of employment by the body whose employee he becomes, and the transfer shall not break the continuity of the period of employment or give rise to any right to a redundancy payment.