
1 
This order may be cited as the Cessation of Approved Institutions (Remand Homes) Order 1973, and shall come into operation on 1st April 1973.
2 

(1) In this order unless the context otherwise requires—
 “remand home” means a remand home provided by a local authority or authorities under section 77(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;
 “the specified date” means 1st April 1973;
 “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this order;
 “a protected person” means a person employed by a local authority or local authorities in respect of a remand home mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule;
 “the tribunal” means a tribunal established under section 12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964, and referred to in section 100 of the Industrial Relations Act 1971;
 “approved institution” has the meaning assigned to it under section 46 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.
(2) Planning areas numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are those areas designated in the Schedule to the Children and Young Persons (Planning Areas) Order 1970.
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of this order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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It having appeared to the Secretary of State that in consequence of the establishment of community homes in any planning area mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule the remand homes mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule and provided by the local authority or authorities in column 3 of the Schedule are no longer required, he hereby orders that the said remand homes shall cease to be approved institutions as from the specified date.
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(1) A protected person shall, until he is served with a statement in writing referring to this order and specifying new terms and conditions of employment, enjoy terms and conditions of employment not less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the specified date.
(2) Any new terms and conditions of employment contained in such a statement as aforesaid shall be such that—
(a) so long as the person is engaged in duties reasonably comparable to those in which he was engaged immediately before the specified date, the scale of his salary or remuneration, and
(b) the other terms and conditions of his employment, shall not be less favourable than those he enjoyed immediately before the specified date.
(3) Any question whether duties are reasonably comparable or whether terms and conditions of employment are less favourable as mentioned in paragraph (2) of this article shall be determined by the tribunal.
(4) A written statement given in accordance with section 4(1) of the Contracts of Employment Act 1972 shall not be regarded as a statement of new terms and conditions of employment for the purposes of this article unless the statement so indicates; and such a statement for the purposes of this article shall draw the attention of the person concerned to his right to have any question as to comparability of duties or terms and conditions of employment determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph and give him the address to which the reference to any such questions for determination should be sent.
(5) For the purposes of this article any reference to terms and conditions of employment includes a reference to any restriction, arising under any Act or any instrument made under any Act, on the termination of the employment of any person.
(6) Any determination made by the tribunal as provided under paragraph (3) of this article shall be made in accordance with the Industrial Tribunals (Industrial Relations, etc.) Regulations 1972 and this order, and in respect of any hearing of the tribunal for the purposes of any such determination a person or persons may be appointed to sit with the tribunal as assessor or assessors.
(7) Any determination of the tribunal as mentioned in paragraph (6) of this article shall, subject to any modifications that may be required in consequence of any appeal from that determination on a point of law, be given effect to by the council employing the protected person.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
M. G. Russell
Assistant Secretary
Department of Health and Social Security
29th March 1973
SCHEDULE
Article 3


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Planning Area Remand Home Local authority or authorities
No. 1 Farndale Road The Council of the County Borough of Teesside
 Mill House The County Council of Cumberland
 Penshaw House The County Council of Durham
 Seaham The Council of the County Borough of Sunderland
No. 2 Ashbank The Council of the County Borough of York
 The Moss The Council of the County Borough of Sheffield
 Shirecliffe House The Council of the County Borough of Sheffield
 Spring Cottage The Council of the County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull
 Tong Park House The County Council of Yorkshire, West Riding
 Westwood Grange The Council of the County Borough of Leeds
 Whinmoor The Council of the County Borough of Leeds
 Woodside The Council of the County Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull
No. 3 Burford The Council of the County Borough of Manchester
 Derwent House The Council of the County Borough of Liverpool
 High Bank The County Council of Cheshire
 Ravenscroft The County Council of Lancashire
 Red Sands The County Council of Cheshire
 Rose Hill The Council of the County Borough of Manchester
 Slynedales The County Council of Lancashire
 Wood End The County Council of Lancashire
 Woolton Vale The Council of the County Borough of Liverpool
No. 4 Field House The Council of the County Borough of Birmingham
 Forhill House The Council of the County Borough of Birmingham
 Saltwells The Council of the County Borough of Dudley
 Welland The County Council of Worcestershire
 The Wissage The County Council of Staffordshire
No. 5 Ashley House The County Council of Nottinghamshire
 Beechwood The Council of the County Borough of Nottingham
 The Cedars A Joint Committee of the County Council of Derbyshire and the Council of the County Borough of Derby
 Enderleigh The Council of the County Borough of Nottingham
 Saxon House The County Council of Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey
 Watkin Lodge The Council of the County Borough of Grimsby
 Woodlands The Council of the County Borough of Leicester
No. 6 Boyles Court The County Council of Essex
 Bramerton Lodge The County Council of Norfolk
 Newport House The County Council of Essex
No. 7 Heyford Hill House The County Council of Oxfordshire
 Oxenden House The County Council of Bedfordshire
 Thornbury House The County Council of Oxfordshire
No. 8 Cumberlow Lodge The Council of the London Borough of Lambeth
 Little Health Lodge The Council of the London Borough of Newham
 Middlesex Lodge The Council of the London Borough of Hillingdon
 Milton House The Council of the London Borough of Croydon
 St. Nicholas House The Council of the London Borough of Enfield
 Stamford House The Council of the London Borough of Hammersmith
No. 9 Beechfield The County Council of West Sussex
 Green Acre The County Council of Kent
 Harrietsham The County Council of Kent
 Pentlands The County Council of Surrey
 Stonepound House The County Council of East Sussex
No. 10 Ashbourne Lodge The County Council of Hampshire
 Glen House The Council of the County Borough of Portsmouth
 Red Hatch The County Council of Hampshire
No. 11 Brooklands The County Council of Somerset
 Fullaford House The County Council of Devon
 Horfield Lodge The Council of the County Borough of Bristol
 Parklands The Council of the County Borough of Plymouth
No. 12 Crick House A Joint Committee of the County Council of Glamorgan, the County Council of Monmouthshire and the Council of the County Borough of Newport
 Rheanfa The Council of the County Borough of Swansea
 The Rise The Council of the County Borough of Cardiff
 Sully The County Council of Glamorgan