16(1)A transfer scheme may provide for a person who—
(a)is employed by the new policing body, and
(b)would otherwise, by the operation of the scheme, become—
(i)a member of the civilian staff of the police force, or
(ii)a member of staff of a local authority,
not to become such a member of staff if the person gives notice objecting to the operation of the scheme in relation to the person.
(2)A person who would (but for this sub-paragraph) be treated as being dismissed by the operation of a transfer scheme (whether by an enactment or otherwise) is to be treated as not being so dismissed.
(3)Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to a person who, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), does not become a member of staff.