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5(1)Sections 1 to 4 shall not apply to an employee if—
(a)his employment continues for less than one month, or
(b)he is employed under a contract which normally involves employment for less than eight hours weekly.
(2)Sections 1 to 4 shall apply to an employee who at any time comes or ceases to come within the exceptions from those sections provided for by subsection (1)(b) and sections 141 and 144, and under section 149, as if his employment with his employer terminated or began at that time.
(3)The fact that section 1 is directed by subsection (2) to apply to an employee as if his employment began on his ceasing to come within the exceptions referred to in that subsection shall not affect the obligation under section 1(2)(b) to specify the date on which his employment actually began.
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