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(1)The provisions of this Act to which this section applies have effect in relation to employment as a relevant member of the House of Lords staff as they have effect in relation to other employment.
(2)This section applies to—
(a)Part I,
(b)Part III,
(c)in Part V, sections 44 and 47, and sections 48 and 49 so far as relating to those sections,
(d)Part VI, apart from sections 58 to 60,
(e)Parts VII and VIII,
(f)in Part IX, sections 92 and 93,
(g)Part X, apart from sections 101 and 102, and
(h)this Part and Parts XIV and XV.
(3)For the purposes of the application of the provisions of this Act to which this section applies in relation to a relevant member of the House of Lords staff references to an undertaking shall be construed as references to the House of Lords.
(4)Nothing in any rule of law or the law or practice of Parliament prevents a relevant member of the House of Lords staff from bringing before the High Court or a county court—
(a)a claim arising out of or relating to a contract of employment or any other contract connected with employment, or
(b)a claim in tort arising in connection with employment.
(5)Where the terms of the contract of employment of a relevant member of the House of Lords staff restrict his right to take part in—
(a)certain political activities, or
(b)activities which may conflict with his official functions,
nothing in section 50 requires him to be allowed time off work for public duties connected with any such activities.
(6)In this section “relevant member of the House of Lords staff” means any person who is employed under a contract of employment with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords.
(7)For the purposes of the application of—
(a)the provisions of this Act to which this section applies, or
(b)a claim within subsection (4),
in relation to a person continuously employed in or for the purposes of the House of Lords up to the time when he became so employed under a contract of employment with the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords, his employment shall not be treated as having been terminated by reason only of a change in his employer before or at that time.
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