(2A) However,
if the former water authority is converted to 2 or more alternative
institutional structures, on the changeover day for the authority, a person
who was employed by the former water authority becomes an employee of a
new entity for the authority in accordance with the authority’s allocation
notice.
(3) A person mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) —
(a) must be
employed on terms and conditions of employment that are at least as favourable
as the person’s existing terms and conditions of employment; and
(b)
remains entitled to all existing and accruing rights of employment.
(4) A
person who was employed by a former water authority that is dissolved after
transferring all its functions to a local government under section 700Aand
who, on the changeover day, becomes an employee of a local government—
(a)
must be employed on terms and conditions of employment that are at least as
favourable as the person’s existing terms and conditions of employment; and
(b) remains entitled to all existing and accruing rights of employment.