(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,
(b)in relation to a probation committee, a person (other than a chief probation officer) who is employed under a contract of employment with the committee.
(3)“New employer” means a local probation board or the Service.
(4)“Old employer” means a local authority, a probation committee, 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.