Meaning of “employment”2

1

In these Regulations, “employment” means—

a

employment under a contract of employment, a contract of apprenticeship or a contract personally to do work, and

b

Crown employment (within the meaning of section 191(3) of the 1996 Act M1).

2

Section 191(4) of the 1996 Act M2 applies for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes set out in that subsection.

3

For the purposes of these Regulations, an employee of an English local authority at a maintained school is to be treated as an employee of the governing body of that school.

4

These Regulations apply to service in the armed forces as they apply to employment by, (or in the case of Crown employment, under or for the purposes of) a public authority, and for that purpose, references to terms of employment, or to a contract of employment, are to be read as including references to terms of service.

5

For the purposes of these Regulations, the holding, otherwise than under a contract of employment, of the office of constable, or of an appointment as a police cadet, is to be treated as employment by the relevant officer (and for that purpose, references to terms of employment, or to a contract of employment, are to be read as including references to terms of service).

6

In paragraph (4)—

a

“constable” does not include a special constable;

b

“police cadet” means a person appointed to undergo training with a view to becoming a constable;

c

“relevant officer” means—

i

in relation to a member of a police force or a police cadet appointed for a police area, the chief officer of police;

ii

in relation to any other person holding the office of constable or an appointment as a police cadet, the person who has the direction and control of the body of constables or cadets in question.