53. (1) Every person who, immediately before the appointed day—

(a) was a member of the staff of a dissolved body shall, on the appointed day, become and be a member of the staff of the technological university, and

(b) was a fixed-term employee of a dissolved body shall, on the appointed day, become and be a fixed-term employee of the technological university for the duration of his or her contract of employment.

(2) Except in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with a recognised trade union or staff association, a person referred to in subsection (1) shall be subject to such terms and conditions of service, including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, as are not less favourable than the terms and conditions of service, including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, to which the person was subject immediately before the appointed day.

(3) In subsection (2), a reference to terms and conditions relating to remuneration does not include conditions in relation to superannuation.

(4) In relation to a person referred to in subsection (1), previous service with the dissolved body shall be reckonable for the purposes of, but subject to any exceptions or exclusions in, the following:

(a) the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014;

(b) the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001;

(c) the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003;

(d) the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997;

(e) the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012;

(f) the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005;

(g) the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015;

(h) the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004;

(i) the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006;

(j) the Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005;

(k) the Carer’s Leave Act 2001.