You are looking at a part of the Local Government Act 1974 that talks about staff of local authorities. This part is called section 119B and it is about the staff who work for local authorities. It was repealed, which means it is no longer in use, on 1 July 2003, by section 266 of the Local Government Act 2002. You can find more information about this change in the Local Government Act 2002, which is a law that was passed in 2002. This law changed some things about how local authorities work, including what happens with their staff.