Agricultural Sector (Wales) Act 2014

18 Interpretation E+W

In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise—

• “1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39);

• “agricultural wages order” (“gorchymyn cyflogau amaethyddol”) is to be construed in accordance with section 3 (but see also section 12(3));

• “agricultural worker” (“gweithiwr amaethyddol”) means a person employed in agriculture in Wales, whether or not the whole of the work undertaken by virtue of that employment is undertaken in Wales;

• “agriculture” (“amaethyddiaeth”) includes—

  (a)

  dairy farming;

  (b)

  the production of any consumable produce for the purposes of a trade or business or any other undertaking (whether carried on for profit or not);

  (c)

  the use of land as grazing, meadow or pasture land;

  (d)

  the use of land for orchards, osier land or woodland;

  (e)

  the use of land for market gardens or nursery grounds;

• “consumable produce” (“cynnyrch defnyddiadwy”) means produce grown for consumption or for other use after severance from the land on which it is grown;

• “employment” (“cyflogaeth”) means employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship and “employed” (“a gyflogir”) and “employer” (“cyflogwr”) are to be construed accordingly;

• “modify” (“addasu”), in relation to an enactment, includes amend or repeal;

• “the national minimum wage” (“isafswm cyflog cenedlaethol”) has the meaning given by section 10.