The Social Security (Transfer of Staff) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2038
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Transfer of Staff) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and shall come into force on 19th August 1999.

Section 2 Citation and commencement

In this Order “the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, and “the Family Credit Branch” means the Family Credit Branch of the executive Agency known as the Social Security Agency, within the Department.

Section 3 Citation and commencement

(1) With effect from 5th October 1999, there shall be transferred to Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service the persons specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The persons specified are those persons employed wholly in the Family Credit Branch on 4th October 1999, not above the grade of principal.

(3) In this Article, “persons employed wholly in the Family Credit Branch”–

(a) includes those persons so employed who are on secondment, on sick leave or on maternity leave on 4th October 1999; but

(b) excludes those persons who are listed on a Northern Ireland Civil Service promotion list but who have not been promoted by that date.

(4) Where a person is transferred to Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service under this Article, his period of employment in the Northern Ireland Civil Service shall count as a period of continuous employment in Her Majesty’s Home Civil Service for the purposes of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 .