Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1987

7 Interpretation.

(1) In this Act—

• “Advisory Committee” means the Interim Advisory Committee on School Teachers' Pay and Conditions appointed under section 2;

• “contract of employment”, in relation to a teacher, means the contract, whether a contract of service or for services, under which he performs his duties as teacher;

• “school teacher” means—

  (a)

  a teacher in a primary or secondary school maintained by a local education authority, or

  (b)

  a person employed by a local education authority as a teacher in the provision of primary or secondary education,

  other than a person employed as a teacher in an establishment maintained by a local authority in the exercise of a social services function;

• “teacher in further education” means a teacher paid by a local education authority who is—

  (a)

  employed in an establishment of further education, or

  (b)

  otherwise employed by a local education authority for the purposes of their functions relating to further education,

  other than a teacher seconded to a body which reimburses the employing authority the amount of his salary.

(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the [1944 c 31.] Education Act 1944.