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Local Government Act 2002

Consequential amendments, repeals, revocations, transitional provisions, and savings - Transitional provisions

296: Chief executive

You could also call this:

“The law says how someone who was a council's top boss keeps their job when new rules start”

If you were the chief executive officer of a local authority before this new law came into effect, you will automatically become the chief executive of that local authority. You don’t need to be appointed again. Your job will continue for the rest of the time that was left on your old contract. The terms and conditions of your job will stay the same as they were before.

Even though your old contract terms will continue, you and your employer can still agree to change them if you both want to. You can make new agreements about your job conditions.

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Part 12 Consequential amendments, repeals, revocations, transitional provisions, and savings
Transitional provisions

296Chief executive

  1. A person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, holds office under section 119C(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1974 as the chief executive officer of a local authority is, without further appointment, the chief executive of that local authority and is deemed to have been appointed as chief executive under section 42 for the unexpired portion of his or her term of office as the chief executive officer and on the same terms and conditions as those on which that person was employed immediately before that commencement.

  2. Nothing in subsection (1) prevents any terms or conditions of employment continued in force by that subsection from being varied or superseded by agreement.