SCHEDULE

PART 1 MODIFICATION OF PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS

Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)

7.  In section 43K of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (extension of meaning of “worker” etc. for Part 4A)(1)–

(a) in subsection (1)–

(i) in paragraph (c)(ii), for “, 26 or 27” substitute “or 26”; and

(ii) after that paragraph insert–

“; or

(ca) works or worked as a person performing services under a contract entered into by him with a Health Board under section 17Q of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,”; and

(b) in subsection (2), after paragraph (b) insert–

“(ba) in relation to a worker falling within paragraph (ca) of that subsection, the Health Board referred to in that paragraph, and”.

(1)

Section 43K was inserted by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (c. 23), section 1 and was amended by the 2002 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 63; the 2003 Act, Schedule 11, paragraph 65 and Schedule 14, Part 4; and S.I. 2004/957.