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4.—(1) A protected person shall, until he is served with a statement in writing referring to this order and specifying new terms and conditions of employment, enjoy terms and conditions of employment not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the specified date.
(2) Any new terms and conditions of employment contained in such a statement as aforesaid shall be such that—
(a)so long as the person is engaged in duties reasonably comparable to those in which he was engaged immediately before the specified date, the scale of his salary or remuneration, and
(b)the other terms and conditions of his employment, shall not be less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the specified date.
(3) Any question whether duties are reasonably comparable or whether terms and conditions of employment are less favourable as mentioned in paragraph (2) of this article shall be determined by the tribunal.
(4) A written statement given in accordance with section 4(1) of the Contracts of Employment Act 1972 shall not be regarded as a statement of new terms and conditions of employment for the purposes of this article unless the statement so indicates; and such a statement for the purposes of this article shall draw the attention of the person concerned to his right to have any question as to comparability of duties or terms and conditions of employment determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph and give him the address to which the reference to any such questions for determination should be sent.
(5) For the purposes of this article any reference to terms and conditions of employment includes a reference to any restriction, arising under any Act or any instrument made under any Act, on the termination of the employment of any person.
(6) Any determination made by the tribunal as provided under paragraph (3) of this article shall be made in accordance with the Industrial Tribunals (Industrial Relations, etc.) Regulations 1972(1) and this order, and in respect of any hearing of the tribunal for the purposes of any such determination a person or persons may be appointed to sit with the tribunal as assessor or assessors.
(7) Any determination of the tribunal as mentioned in paragraph (6) of this article shall, subject to any modifications that may be required in consequence of any appeal from that determination on a point of law, be given effect to by the council employing the protected person.
(1972 I, p. 91).
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