Sch 3 para 9
(1) Where a person employed in the civil service of the state becomes an employee of the Council under a transfer scheme, his period of employment in that service counts as a period of employment with the Council for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (and the change of employer does not break the continuity of the period of employment for those purposes). (2) Where an employee of the Gas Consumers’ Council becomes an employee of the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council— (a) he shall not be regarded for the purposes of Part XI of the Employment Rights Act 1996 as having been dismissed by virtue of the transfer; and (b) his period of employment with the Gas Consumers’ Council counts as a period of employment with the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (and the change of employer does not break the continuity of his employment).