This section applies to any person who—
immediately before the date on which section 54 above comes into force is an officer of one of the Councils ceasing to exist by virtue of that section (in this section referred to as his "former employer"); and
within four weeks after that date, is employed by one of the successor companies or the Director (in this section referred to as his "new employer") in pursuance of an offer made before that date;
and in this subsection "successor company" has the same meaning as in Part II.
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Chapter I of Part XIV of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (computation of period of employment) shall have effect in relation to a person to whom this section applies as if it included the following provisions, that is to say—
the period of his employment with his former employer shall count as a period of employment with his new employer; and
the change of employer shall not break the continuity of the period of employment.
Where this section applies to a person, the period of his employment with his former employer shall count as a period of employment with his new employer for the purposes of any provision of his contract of employment with his new employer which depends on his length of service with that employer.