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12CF1 Supplementary provisions as to transfer of staff.

1

In the case of a person who falls within subsection (1)(b) of section 12B, a scheme under that section may provide that, with effect from the NHS trust’s operational date, his contract of employment (in this section referred to as “ his original contract ”) shall be treated in accordance with the scheme as divided so as to constitute—

a

a contract of employment with the NHS trust; and

b

a contract of employment with the transferor authority by whom he was employed before that date.

2

Where a scheme makes provision as mentioned in subsection (1)—

a

the scheme shall secure that the benefits to the employee under the two contracts referred to in that subsection, when taken together, are not less favourable than the benefits under his original contract;

b

section 12B shall apply in relation to the contract referred to in subsection (1)(a) as if it were a contract transferred under that section from the transferor authority to the NHS trust;

c

so far as necessary to preserve any rights and obligations, the contract referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall be regarded as a continuation of the employee’s original contract; F2. . .

d

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3

Where, as a result of the provisions of section 12B, by virtue of his employment during any period after the NHS trust’s operational date—

a

an employee has contractual rights against an NHS trust to benefits in the event of his redundancy, and

b

he also has statutory rights against the NHS trust under F3Part XI of the Employment Rights Act 1976 (redundancy payments),

any benefits provided to him by virtue of the contractual rights referred to in paragraph (a) shall be taken as satisfying his entitlement to benefits under F4that Part of that Act.