(This note is not part of the Order)
Following the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland, this Order provides for the joint committee which is made up of the participant councils to be constituted as a body corporate and to be known as arc21, and fixes its’ functions.
This Order also dissolves the existing arc21 and SWaMP2008 bodies corporate.
Article 10 of this Order provides for the transfer of all assets and liabilities from the existing arc21 and SWaMP2008 bodies corporate to the successor bodies, including the pension liabilities of the existing arc21 body corporate.
Article 11 of this Order provides for the protection of the employment rights and conditions of existing arc21 staff upon transfer to the successor body.
This Order also provides for the revocation of existing legislation constituting joint committees as bodies corporate.