Health and Safety (Training for Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 No. 1

Meaning of “work” and “at work”

3.  For the purposes of the 1978 Order—

(a) the meaning of the word “work” shall be extended to include relevant training;

(b) a person provided with relevant training is at work throughout the time when he would be in the course of his employment if he were receiving such training under a contract of employment, but not otherwise, and the meaning of “at work” shall be so extended;

and in that connection, in the other relevant statutory provisions, “work” and “at work” shall be construed accordingly.