In this Act—

• “accessibility certificate” means a certificate issued under section 41(1)(a);

• “act” includes a deliberate omission;

• “the Agency” means the Labour Relations Agency;

• “approval certificate” means a certificate issued under section 42(4);

• “the Assembly” means the Northern Ireland Assembly;

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• F2“criminal investigation” has the meaning given in subsection (1A);

• F3“criminal proceedings” includes service law proceedings (as defined by section 324(5) of the Armed Forces Act 2006);

• “the Department of Economic Development” means the Department of Economic Development in Northern Ireland;

• “the Department of the Environment” means the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland;

• “the Department of Health and Social Services” means the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland;

• “employment” means, subject to any prescribed provision, employment under a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to do work and related expressions are to be construed accordingly;

• F4“employment at an establishment in Northern Ireland” is to be construed in accordance with subsections (2) to (4)

• F5“employment services” has the meaning given in section 21A(1);

• “enactment” means any statutory provision within the meaning of section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 F6, and (except in section 56(5)) includes an enactment comprised in, or an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;

• “government department” means a Northern Ireland department or a department of the Government of the United Kingdom;

• F7“group insurance arrangement” means an arrangement between an employer and another for the provision by the other of facilities by way of insurance to the employer's employees or to any class of those employees;

• F8“Minister of the Crown” includes the Treasury and the Defence Council

• “Northern Ireland department” includes (except in sections 51 and 52) the head of a Northern Ireland department;

• “occupational pension scheme” has the same meaning as in the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;

• F9“the Office” means the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister;

• “premises”, includes land of any description;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

• “profession” includes any vocation or occupation;

• “provider of services” has the meaning given in section 19(2)(b);

• F10“public investigator functions” has the meaning given in subsection (1B);

• “public service vehicle” and “regulated public service vehicle” have the meaning given in section 40;

• “PSV accessibility regulations” means regulations made under section 40(1);

• “rail vehicle” and “regulated rail vehicle” have the meaning given in section 46;

• “rail vehicle accessibility regulations” means regulations made under section 46(1);

• “regulations” means—

• 1. a

     F11in section 17A, regulations made by the Department for Employment and Learning;

  2. b

     in Part V of this Act, regulations made by the Department of the Environment;

  3. c

     F12in any other provision of this Act, regulations made by the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister:

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• “section 21 duty” means any duty imposed by or under section 21;

• “taxi” and “regulated taxi” have the meaning given in section 32;

• “taxi accessibility regulations” means regulations made under section 32(1);

• “trade” includes any business;

• “trade organisation” has the meaning given in section 13;

• F13“the 2005 Order” means the Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005;

• “vehicle examiner” means an officer of the Department of the Environment authorised by that Department for the purposes of sections 41 and 42.

In this Act “public investigator functions” means functions of conducting criminal investigations or charging offenders.

In subsections (1A) and (1B)—

Employment of a prescribed kind, or in prescribed circumstances, is to be regarded as not being employment at an establishment in F17Northern Ireland.

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