Education Act 1996

575 Meaning, for certain purposes, of expressions relating to employment

(1) In the provisions to which this section applies—

(a) “contract of employment”,“employee” and “employer” have the same meaning as in the [1996 c. 18.] Employment Rights Act 1996, and

(b) “employed” means employed under a contract of employment.

(2) This section applies to—

(a) the provisions of Chapter VI of Part II relating to schools with delegated budgets;

(b) Parts III and V; and

(c) Schedule 7.

(3) For the purposes of the provisions to which this section applies—

(a) a person employed by a local education authority is to be regarded as employed to work at a school if his employment with the authority for the time being involves work at that school, and

(b) a person employed by a local education authority is to be regarded as employed to work solely at a school if his only employment with the authority (disregarding any employment under a separate contract with the authority) is for the time being at that school.

(4) Subsection (1) also applies for construing references to “employed” in subsection (3).

(5) Nothing in this section affects the construction of any of the expressions defined by this section where they occur in provisions of this Act other than those to which this section applies.