Employment and Training Act 1973

13 Interpretation etc.

(1) In this Act, apart from Schedule 2, the following expressions have the following meanings—

• " the Agencies " has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(4) of this Act;

• " the Commission " has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 (2) of this Act;

• " employee ", except in Schedule 1, includes a person engaged under a contract for services, and " employer " shall be construed accordingly ;

• " employment ", except in section 7 and Schedule 1, means employment under a contract of service or apprenticeship or a contract for services or otherwise than under a contract, and " employed" shall be construed accordingly ;

• " facilities " includes services ;

• " functions " includes powers and duties ;

• " local education authority ", in relation to Scotland, means an education authority as defined in section 145(16) of the [1962 c. 47.] Education (Scotland) Act 1962;

• " modifications " includes additions, omissions and amendments ;

• " training " includes any education with a view to employment, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; and

• " university ", in relation to Scotland, includes a central institution and a college of education as defined in section 145 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962.

(2) A reference in this Act to any enactment is a reference to it as amended, and includes a reference to it as applied, by or under any other enactment.

(3) The powers conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act are in addition to and not in substitution for any powers exercisable by him apart from this Act.

(4) Any power to make an order which is conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act apart from Schedule 2 shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and an order made in the exercise of such a power—

(a) may include such supplemental and incidental provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purposes of the order ;

(b) may, except in the case of an order made by virtue of section 8(6) or 12(3) of this Act, be varied or revoked by a subsequent order so made, so however that an order appointing a day shall not be varied or revoked by virtue of this subsection on or after that day.

(5) No order shall be made in pursuance of section 7(4)(c) of this Act unless a draft of the order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament and a statutory instrument containing an order made by virtue of section 7(5) of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.