151Transfer of MEU staff

151 Transfer of MEU staff

(1) A person listed as a member of Council staff in a document under section 150 who was a member of Council staff immediately before the relevant date is to be regarded as—

(a) having had his or her employment transferred to the new employer with effect from the relevant date by force of this section and having been employed by that employer on and from the relevant date; and

(b) having been so employed on the terms and conditions agreed to by him or her and the new employer; and

(c) having accrued an entitlement to benefits, in connection with that employment by the new employer, that is equivalent to the entitlement that the person had accrued, as a member of Council staff, immediately before the relevant date.

(2) The service of a transferred MEU staff member as an employee of the new employer is to be regarded for all purposes as having been continuous with the service of the employee, immediately before the relevant date, as a member of Council staff.

(3) A transferred MEU staff member is not entitled to receive any payment or other benefit by reason only of having ceased to be a member of Council staff because of this Act.

(4) A certificate purporting to be signed by the allocator certifying that a person named in the certificate was with effect from the relevant date employed, by virtue of this section, by a distribution company named in the certificate is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is conclusive proof of the matters stated in it.

S. 152