3.—(1) Any provision in this Order for the transfer of persons employed by any authority applies to any person who, on 31st March 1965, is in the employment of such authority, but in the case of a person not in the whole-time employment of the authority the transfer effected by such provision in its application to the authority is limited to employment with the authority.
(2) Nothing in Articles 1 and 2 applies to any person as regards any employment which, otherwise than by virtue of the abolition of the authority by which he is employed, is to be terminated on 31st March 1965.
(3) Where on 31st March 1965 a person has not taken up the duties of his employment he shall be deemed, in the application of Article 2, to be employed in, or to be operating from, the premises in which he would be employed or from which he would be operating if he had taken up such duties.
(4) Where any person to whom Article 1 or 2 applies is on 31st March 1965 absent from his normal duties for the purpose of undergoing training, that Article shall apply—
(a)if it was part of the arrangements under which he is so absent that at the completion of such training he should be employed in a place, situation or employment different from the place, situation or employment which he occupied prior to the commencement of the training, as if he was, on 31st March 1965, occupying such different place, situation or employment;
(b)otherwise as if he was, on 31st March 1965, occupying the place, situation or employment which he occupied immediately prior to the commencement of such training.
(5) Where any person to whom Article 1 or 2 applies is on 31st March 1965 absent from his nor al duties otherwise than for the purpose of undergoing training he shall be deemed, in the application of that Article, to be discharging such duties, and to be discharging them in, or from, the premises in, or from, which he normally discharges them.
(6) Any question whether a person is employed wholly or mainly in, or operating wholly or mainly from, any premises shall be determined by a referee or board of referees appointed by the Minister of Labour after consultation with the Lord Chancellor and any such reference may be made in relation to a person at any time before 1st May 1965.
(7) Any probation committee named in column 3 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall ensure that any person employed by them is informed as to the provisions of this Order which apply to him and, in particular, as to the provisions of Articles 3(6) and 4(1).