Further and Higher Education Act 1992

35 Voluntary transfers of staff in connection with section 34.E+W+S

(1)This section applies where—

(a)for the purpose of making any property of a local authority available for use for the purposes of an institution within the further education sector, an order is made under section 34 of this Act,

(b)at any time on or after such date as may be specified by the order a person employed by the local authority ceases to be so employed and is subsequently employed by the governing body of the institution, and

(c)by virtue of [F1section 138 of the Employment Rights Act 1996] (renewal or re-engagement) that subsequent employment precludes his receiving any redundancy payment under [F1Part XI] of that Act.

(2)[F2Chapter I of Part XIV of] that Act (computation of period of employment for the purposes of that Act) shall have effect in relation to that person as if it included the following provisions—

(a)the period of employment of that person with the local authority shall count as a period of employment with the governing body, and

(b)the change of employer shall not break the continuity of the period of employment.

(3)The period of that person’s employment with the local authority shall count as a period of employment with the governing body for the purposes of any provision of his contract of employment with the governing body which depends on his length of service with that employer.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 35(1)(c) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 240, 243, Sch. 1 para. 52(2)(a)(i)(ii) (with ss. 191-195, 202)

F2Words in s. 35(2) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 240, 243, Sch. 1 para. 52(2)(b) (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 35 modified (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/563, art. 2, Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I1S. 35 wholly in force at 1.4.1993 see s. 94(3) and S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3