(1)Sections 137 to 143 (rights in relation to trade union membership: access to employment) apply in relation to employment as a relevant member of the House of Lords staff as in relation to other employment.
(2)Nothing in any rule of law or the law or practice of Parliament prevents a person from bringing before an industrial tribunal proceedings of any description under those sections which could be brought before such a tribunal in relation to other employment.
(3)A “relevant member of the House of Lords staff” means a member of the House of Lords staff appointed by the Clerk of the Parliaments or the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
(4)In relation to employment as such a member references to employment include employment otherwise than under a contract if the terms of that employment correspond to those of a contract of employment; and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(5)For the purposes of sections 137 to 143 the holder for the time being of the office of Clerk of the Parliaments or Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod is the employer in relation to employment to which a person is appointed by the holder of that office; and anything done, before or after he took office, in relation to a person seeking such employment shall be treated as done by him.
(6)If the House of Lords resolves at any time that any provision of subsection (3) or (5) should be amended in its application to any employment as a member of the staff of that House, Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend that provision accordingly.
Any such Order—
(a)may contain such incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate, and
(b)shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.