Part 1

Duty to participate in education or training: England
Chapter 6

Miscellaneous

Crown employment
62
1
For the purposes of section 5—
a
Crown employment, and
b
service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown,
are each to be treated as working under a contract of employment.
2
Regulations may provide for Chapter 1 to have effect subject to modifications in relation to persons working in either of those ways.
3
Chapter 3 applies in relation to Crown employment and persons in Crown employment as it applies in relation to other employment and other employees, but subject to subsection (4).
4
For the purposes of the application of Chapter 3 in relation to Crown employment and persons in Crown employment—
a
references to a contract of employment are to be construed, in relation to a person in Crown employment, as references to the terms and conditions under which the person works, and
b
references to an employee are to be construed as references to a person in Crown employment.
5
In this section, “Crown employment” means employment under or for the purposes of a government department or any officer or body exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by statutory provision, but subject to subsection (6).
6
Crown employment—
a
does not include service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown, but
b
does include employment by an association established for the purposes of Part 11 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14).
S. 62(1)(2)(5)(6) in force at 28.6.2013 by S.I. 2013/1204, art. 2(r)