Title and commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This order may be cited as the Greater London Council Housing (Staff Transfer and Protection) Order 1979 (Amendment) Order 1986, and shall come into operation on 30th June 1986.

(2) In this order, "the principal order" means the Greater London Council Housing (Staff Transfer and Protection) Order 1979.

2. In article 17(3) of the principal order, paragraph (a) and the words "as he may choose" shall be omitted.

3. Where, before the coming into operation of this order, an officer has appealed in accordance with the arrangements specified in article 17(3)(a) of the principal order and the appeal has not been determined, the appeal shall be treated as if it had been made in accordance with the arrangements specified in article 17(3)(b) of that order and shall be determined accordingly.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This order amends article 17(3) of the Greater London Council Housing (Staff Transfer and Protection) Order 1979. That article is concerned with appeals by officers of the Greater London Council transferred to local authorities in connection with housing transfers under section 23(3) of the London Government Act 1963. Such officers may appeal to the London Housing Staff Commission Appeals Tribunal under arrangements set out in the Commission's circular 2/79 or under the local authority arrangements for considering employment disputes. This order, which is consequential upon the winding up of the Commission on 30th June 1986, removes the right to appeal under the circular arrangements. Any pending appeal is to be treated as if made under the local authority arrangements.