Transfer of officers employed by District Health Authorities
3.—(1) Except as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, any officer employed immediately before the material date by any of the old authorities is transferred on the material date to the employment of the relevant new authority, and the contract of employment of that officer is modified so as to substitute as the employer the relevant new authority.
(2) Where—
(a)this article makes provision for the transfer of an officer; and
(b)the officer in question is employed jointly by any or the old authorities and another person,
that provision shall have effect to transfer that officer to the employment of the relevant new authority and that other person jointly, and the contract of employment and officer is modified so as to substitute the relevant new authority as one of the joint employers.
(3) This article shall not apply to any officer whose employment is, by or under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(1), to be transferred on the material date to a National Health Service trust.