Health and Safety (Training for Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994

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.