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Defined terms — The Working Time Regulations 1998

United Kingdom · uksi/1998/1833 · 388 provisions

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2013 Act — the Energy Act 2013 Section 28(1)
a branch board — a branch board constituted in accordance with regulation 10 of the Police Federation (England and Wales) Regulations 2017, “a joint branch board" means a joint branch board constituted in accordance with ...regulation 7(3) of the Police Federation (Scotland) Regulations 1985 , and “the relevant officer" means— in relation to a member of a police force or a special constable or police cadet appointed for a police area, the chief officer of police (or, in Scotland, the chief constable); ... in relation to any other person holding the office of constable or an appointment as a police cadet, the person who has the direction and control of the body of constables or cadets in question Section 41
a notice — an improvement notice or a prohibition notice Schedule 3, paragraph 5(1)
a notice — an improvement or a prohibition notice Schedule 3, paragraph 6(1)
adequate rest — that a worker has regular rest periods, the duration of which are expressed in units of time and which are sufficiently long and continuous to ensure that, as a result of fatigue or other irregular working patterns, he does not cause injury to himself, to fellow workers or to others and that he does not damage his health, either in the short term or in the longer term Section 24A(3)
DVSA — the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Section 28(1)
enforcement authority — the Executive, a local authority, the Civil Aviation Authority , DVSA , the ONR or the Office of Rail and Road Section 28(1)
local authority — — in relation to England, a county council so far as they are the council for an area for which there are no district councils, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple; in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council; in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 Section 28(1)
mobile worker — any worker employed as a member of travelling or flying personnel by an undertaking which operates transport services for passengers or goods by road or air; “night time", in relation to a worker, means a period— which is determined for the purposes of these Regulations by a relevant agreement, or, in default of such a determination, the period between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.; the duration of which is not less than seven hours, and which includes the period between midnight and 5 a.m., “night work" means work during night time; “night worker" means a worker— and, for the purpose of paragraph (a) of this definition, a person works hours as a normal course (without prejudice to the generality of that expression) if he works such hours on the majority of days on which he works; who, as a normal course, works at least three hours of his daily working time during night time, or who is likely, during night time, to work at least such proportion of his annual working time as may be specified for the purposes of these Regulations in a collective agreement or a workforce agreement Section 2
offshore work — work performed mainly on or from offshore installations (including drilling rigs), directly or indirectly in connection with the exploration, extraction or exploitation of mineral resources, including hydrocarbons, and diving in connection with such activities, whether performed from an offshore installation or a vessel , including any such work performed in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom adjacent to Great Britain or in any area (except one or part of one in which the law of Northern Ireland applies) designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964; “part-year worker” has the meaning given by regulation 15F(1)(b); “relevant agreement", in relation to a worker, means a workforce agreement which applies to him, any provision of a collective agreement which forms part of a contract between him and his employer, or any other agreement in writing which is legally enforceable as between the worker and his employer; “relevant training" means work experience provided pursuant to a training course or programme, training for employment, or both, other than work experience or training— the immediate provider of which is an educational institution or a person… Section 2
ONR — the Office for Nuclear Regulation; “premises” includes any place and, in particular, includes— any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft; any installation on land (including the foreshore and other land intermittently covered by water), any offshore installation, and any other installation (whether floating, or resting on the seabed or the subsoil thereof, or resting on other land covered with water or the subsoil thereof) and any tent or movable structure Section 28(1)
relevant civil aviation worker — a mobile worker who works mainly on board civil aircraft, excluding any worker to whom regulation 18(2)(b) applies Section 28(1)
relevant information — information obtained by an inspector in pursuance of a requirement imposed under paragraph 2(2)(e) or (f); and “the recipient”, in relation to any relevant information, means the person by whom that information was so obtained or to whom that information was so furnished, as the case may be Schedule 3, paragraph 8(1)
relevant nuclear provisions — — sections 1, 3 to 6, 22 and 24A of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965; the provisions of the 2013 Act; the provisions of nuclear regulations other than any provision of such regulations identified in accordance with section 74(9) of the 2013 Act as made for the nuclear safeguards purposes Section 28(1)
relevant nuclear site — a site which is— a GB nuclear site (within the meaning given by section 68 of the 2013 Act); an authorised defence site (within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998); or a new nuclear build site (within the meaning given in regulation 2A of those Regulations) Section 28(1)
relevant period — — the period of 52 weeks ending with the day before the day on which the worker started the sick leave or statutory leave, or if the worker has been in employment for a period of less than 52 complete weeks before starting that leave, that lesser period Section 15C(3)
relevant period — — the period of 52 weeks ending with the day before the day on which the worker started the sick leave or statutory leave, or if the worker has been receiving holiday pay in the way described in paragraph (2) for a period of less than 52 complete weeks before starting the sick leave or statutory leave, that lesser period Section 16A(6)
relevant road transport worker — a mobile worker to whom one or more of the following applies— Council Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) of 1st July 1970, and the United Kingdom domestic driver’s hours code, which is set out in Part VI of the Transport Act 1968 Section 28(1)
service complaint — a complaint under section 340A of the Armed Forces Act 2006 Section 38(5)
service complaints regulations — regulations made under section 340B(1) of that Act Section 38(5)
sick leave — absence from work due to sickness or injury Section 2
statutory leave — leave provided for in Part 8 and Part 8B of the 1996 Act; “worker" means an individual who has entered into or works under (or, where the employment has ceased, worked under)— and any reference to a worker’s contract shall be construed accordingly; a contract of employment; or any other contract, whether express or implied and (if it is express) whether oral or in writing, whereby the individual undertakes to do or perform personally any work or services for another party to the contract whose status is not by virtue of the contract that of a client or customer of any profession or business undertaking carried on by the individual; “worker employed in agriculture" means, in relation to Wales, an agricultural worker within the meaning of section 18 of the Agricultural Sector (Wales) Act 2014 and otherwise has the same meaning as in the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 or the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949 , and a reference to a worker partly employed in agriculture is to a worker employed in agriculture whose employer also employs him for non-agricultural purposes; “workforce agreement" means an agreement between an employer and workers employed by him or their representatives… Section 2
the 1974 Act — the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Section 28(1)
the Civil Aviation Authority — the authority referred to in section 2(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982; “code of practice” includes a standard, a specification and any other documentary form of practical guidance; .. Section 28(1)
the Executive — the Health and Safety Executive referred to in section 10(1) of the 1974 Act Section 28(1)
the relevant consent — the consent of the person who furnished it, and, in any other case, the consent of a person having responsibilities in relation to the premises where the information was obtained. for the purposes of his functions; for the purposes of any legal proceedings; or with the relevant consent Schedule 3, paragraph 8(6)
the relevant requirements — the following provisions— regulations 4(2), 5A(4), 6(2) and (7), 6A, 7(1), (2) and (6), 8, 9 and 27A(4)(a); regulation 24, in so far as it applies where regulation 6(1), (2) or (7) is modified or excluded, and regulation 24A(2), in so far as it applies where regulations 6(1), (2) or (7) is excluded Section 28(1)
the relevant statutory provisions — — the provisions of the 1974 Act and of any regulations made under powers contained in that Act; and while and to the extent that they remain in force, the provisions of the Acts mentioned in Schedule 1 to the 1974 Act and which are specified in the third column of that Schedule and the regulations, orders or other instruments of a legislative character made or having effect under a provision so specified ... .. Section 28(1)
week — in relation to a worker whose remuneration is calculated weekly by a week ending with a day other than Saturday, a week ending with that other day and, in relation to any other worker, a week ending with Saturday Section 16(3B)