means— a continuous employment by an employer specified in Part II of Schedule 2 to the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government, etc.) (Modification) Order 1999 (“the 1999 Order”), or b where immediately before the relevant event a person has been successively employed by two or more employers specified in Part II of that Schedule, such aggregate period of service with such employers as would be continuous employment if they were a single employer. 1B In subsection (1A)(b) “relevant event” has the same meaning as in the 1999 Order.
(3)An area tourist board established by virtue of an order made under section 172, 173 or 174 of the 1994 Act.
(4)A probation committee within the meaning of the Probation Service Act 1993.
(4A)A local probation board within the meaning of the Criminal Justice and Court
(4B)A probation trust.
(5)A magistrates' courts committee or the Committee of Magistrates for the Inner London Area, within the meaning of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979.
(5A)a body designated as a Care Trust under section 45 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001.
(5B)A community justice authority under section 3 of the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2005.
(5BA)A person who performs a function of a local authority pursuant to a direction under section 497A(4) or (4A) of the Education Act (which confers power on the Secretary of State to secure the proper performance of local authority education functions, and is applied to social services functions relating to children by section 50 of the Children Act 2004 and to functions relating to childcare by section 15 of the Childcare Act 2006).
(5C)Active Stirling Limited.
(5D)Ardroy Outdoor Learning Trust.
(5E)Arts and Theatres Trust Fife Limited.
(6)Blyth Valley Arts and Leisure Limited.
(6A)The Business Shop—Angus Limited.
(6B)The Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales.
(6C)The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
(6D)City Markets (Glasgow) LLP.
(6E)City Parking (Glasgow) LLP.
(6F)City Property (Glasgow) LLP.
(7)C.I.P. (Hounslow) Limited.
(7A)Clackmannanshire Leisure.
(8)Community Initiative Partnerships.
(8A)Coventry Sports Trust Limited.
(8AA)Cordia (Services) LLP.
(8B)CV One Limited.
(8C)Culture and Sport Glasgow.
(8D)Culture and Sport Glasgow (Trading) C.I.C..
(9)Derwentside Leisure Limited.
(9A)Edinburgh Leisure.
(9AA)Enfield Leisure Centres Limited.
(9B)Enjoy East Lothian Limited.
(9ZA)East End Partnership Limited.
(10)The Environment Agency.
(10A)Fife Coast and Countryside Trust.
(10B)Fife Sports and Leisure Trust Limited.
(10C)Forth Valley GIS Limited.
(10D)Glasgow Community and Safety Services Limited.
(20)The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration established under section 128 of the 1994 Actand continued by section 15 (the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.
(21)The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
(22)Scottish Water.
(22A)Shetland Recreational Trust.
(22B)Somerset Leisure Limited.
(23)The South Yorkshire Pensions Authority.
(23A)Sport Aberdeen.
(24)Strathclyde European Partnerships Limited.
(24A)Tameside Sports Trust.
(24B)Tees Active Limited.
(24C)The Valuation Tribunal Service.
(24D)The Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland.
(1)In relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, the Council of the Isles of Scilly; in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council, established under section 20 of the 1972 Act.
(2)A council constituted under section 2 of the 1994 Act.
(3)In relation to England, a parish council, a common parish council, a parish meeting; in relation to Wales, a community council, a common community council.
(4)Any authority established by an order under section 10 of the 1985 Act.
(5)A joint board or joint body constituted by or under any enactment for the purposes of exercising the functions of two or more bodies described in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 above.
(6)Any other authority or body, not specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 above, established by or under any enactment for the purpose of exercising the functions of, or advising, one or more of the bodies specified in paragraphs 1 to 4 above.
(6A)The Greater London Authority.
(6B)Transport for London.
(6C)A functional body as defined in section 424 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 but excluding Transport for London.
(6D)The London Transport Users' Committee established under section 247 of the 1999 Act.
(6E)The Cultural Strategy Group for London established under section 375 of that Act.
(7)Any committee (including a joint committee) established by or under any enactment for the purpose of exercising the functions of, or advising, one or more of the bodies specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 6 above.
(8)Any two or more bodies described in any of paragraphs 1 to 7 above acting jointly or as a combined authority.
(9)Any association which is representative of any two or more authorities described in any of paragraphs 1 to 4 above.
(10)Any committee established by one or more of the associations described in paragraph 9 above for the purpose of exercising the functions of, or advising, one or more of such associations.
(11)An association which is representative of one or more of the associations described in paragraph 9 above and of another body or other bodies, and included in whose objects is the assembling and dissemination of information and advising with regard to conditions of service in local government service and generally.
(12)An organisation which is representative of an association or associations described in paragraph 9 above and employees' organisations and among whose objects is the negotiation of pay and conditions of service in local government service.
(13)A National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995.
(13A)A National Park Authority established under sections 6 to 8 of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000.
(14)A residuary body established by section 57(1)(b) of the 1985 Act.
(15)The Residuary Body for Wales (Corff Gweddilliol Cymru).
(16)Audit Scotland.
(17)The Commission for Local Administration in England.
(18)The Commission for Local Administration in Wales.
(19)The Commission for Local Administration in Scotland.
(20)The Local Government Management Board.
(21)Employers Organisation for Local Government.
(22)Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government.
(23)Improvement Service Company.
(24)A corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1).
(1)The governing body of a further education establishment for the time being mainly dependent for its maintenance on assistance from local authorities (within the meaning of the Education Act), or grants under section 485 of the Education Act or on such assistance and grants taken together.
(2)The governing body of an aided school within the meaning of the Education Act.
(3)The governing body of a foundation school, voluntary aided school or foundation special school within the meaning of the 1998 Act.
(4)The managers of a grant-aided school as defined in section 135(1) of the 1980 Act.
(5)The governing body of a central institution as defined in section 135(1) of the 1980 Act other than a college of agriculture.
(6)The governing body of a College of Education as defined in section 135(1) of the 1980 Act.
(7)The managers, other than a local authority, of a school which before any direction made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 7 to the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 was a school which immediately before the commencement of Part III of that Act was approved under section 83 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 if the employee was employed by those managers at the date the direction became effective.
(8)A person carrying on a city technology college , a city college for the technology of the arts or an Academy established under an agreement with the Secretary of State under section 482 of the Education Act.
(9)A company formed to manage a college of further education by virtue of section 65(1) of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989.
(10)The board of management of a self-governing school as defined in section 80(1) of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989.
(11)A further education corporation established under section 15 or 16 of the 1992 Act or in respect of which an order has been made under section 47 of that Act.
(12)The governing body of an institution which is a designated institution for the purposes of Part I of the 1992 Act or, in the case of such an institution conducted by a company, that company.
(13)The board of management of a college of further education, established under Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.
(14)The governing body of a designated institution within the meaning of section 44(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.
(15)A higher education corporation established under section 121 or 122 of the 1988 Act or in respect of which an order has been made under section 122A of that Act.
(16)The governing body of an institution designated under section 129 of the 1988 Act or, in the case of such an institution conducted by a company, that company.
(17)An Education Action Forum established under sections 10 and 11 of the 1998 Act.
(18)The governing body of a grant-maintained school.
(19)The governing body of a grant-maintained special school.
(20)The Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.
(21)The Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research.
(21A)The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education.
(21B)Connexions Lancashire Limited.
(22)Cwmni Cynnal.
(23)The General Teaching Council for Scotland, established under the Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011.
(24)The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales).
(25)Newbattle Abbey College.
(26)The Scottish Community Education Council.
(27)Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum.
(28)The Scottish Council for Educational Technology.
(29)The Scottish Council for Research in Education.
(1)A fire authority constituted by a combination scheme made under the Fire Services Act 1947.
(1A)A fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.
(1B)A combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 which is a fire and rescue authority for the purposes of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 in relation to persons deployed wholly or partly in relation to the combined authority’s fire and rescue functions.
(1C)A fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.
(2)A police and crime commissioner established under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
(2A)A chief constable established under section 2 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
(2B)The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis established under section 4 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
(3)A metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority established by section 26 of the 1985 Act.
(4)A company the members of which comprise fire and rescue authorities in England and whose objects include the operation of a regional fire control centre.