The Local Authorities (Staff Transfer) (Scotland) Order 1995

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Staff Transfer) (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 15th June 1995.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

“employee” means any person who is employed under a contract of employment and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes such an employee notwithstanding that the employee is on leave, secondment to another employer or otherwise temporarily absent from his place of employment;

“existing authority” means a regional, islands or district council or the Central Scotland Water Development Board;

“fire personnel” has the meaning assigned in section 8(7) of the 1994 Act;

“new authority” means a new local authority, a joint board or a water and sewerage authority;

“new local authority” means an authority constituted under section 2 of the 1994 Act (other than the Orkney Islands Council, the Shetland Islands Council and the Western Isles Council) or a new valuation authority for any part of the area of Strathclyde Regional Council;

“new valuation authority” means the valuation authority for an area in terms of section 27(1) and (12) of the 1994 Act;

“police personnel” has the meaning assigned in section 8(7) of the 1994 Act;

“relevant employee” means an employee who is transferred to a new authority by virtue of a scheme;

“relevant new authority” means the new authority to whom an employee is transferred by virtue of a scheme;

“scheme” means a scheme prepared by an existing authority in accordance with the provisions of this Order, for the purposes of section 8(3) or 97(2) of the 1994 Act;

“staff commission” means the Local Government Staff Commission (Scotland) established under the 1994 Act(1);

“water and sewerage authority” means an authority established under section 62 of the 1994 Act.

(1)

See S.I. 1994/2958.