Part I The New Services
Chapter III General
Property and staff
20 Transfer of staff.
(1)
The F1Secretary of State may by order make a scheme for the transfer to a new employer of any eligible employee.
F2(2)
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(3)
A scheme may apply—
(a)
to all, or any description of, eligible employees or persons so employed, or
(b)
to any individual eligible employee or person so employed.
(4)
A scheme may be made only if any directions about consultation given by the F1Secretary of State have been complied with in relation to each of the eligible employees and chief probation officers to be transferred or appointed in pursuance of the scheme.