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,

F1b

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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.