Part I The New Services
Chapter III General
Property and staff
18 Definitions.
(1)
This section applies for the purposes of sections 19 to 21 and Schedule 3.
(2)
“Eligible employee” means—
(a)
in relation to a local authority or the Official Solicitor or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, a person who is employed under a contract of employment with the authority, the solicitor or the receiver on work which would have continued but for this Part,
F1(b)
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(3)
“New employer” means F2... the Service.
(4)
“Old employer” means a local authority, F3..., the Official Solicitor or the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
(5)
“Property” includes rights and interests of any description, other than—
(a)
those under a contract of employment,
(b)
land, in the case of transfers to a local board.