Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (c. 45)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Delegation of Ministerial functions: transfer schemes

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 in force for certain purposes at 25.11.1998 by S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2)

Effect of transfer by scheme of contracts of employment U.K.

9 (1) This paragraph applies where rights and liabilities under a contract of employment are transferred by a transfer scheme. U.K.

(2) Anything done by or in relation to the transferor in respect of the employee before the day of the transfer shall be treated on and after that day as done by or in relation to the transferee.

(3) For the purposes of the M1 Employment Rights Act 1996, the employee’s period of employment with the transferor shall count as a period of employment with the transferee, and the change of employment shall not break the continuity of the period of employment.

Marginal Citations

M1 1996 c. 18.

10 U.K. Where rights and liabilities under a contract of employment are transferred by a scheme under paragraph 1(2), the employee shall not be regarded for the purposes of Part XI of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (redundancy payments etc.) as having been dismissed by virtue of the transfer.