Section 6(5)

In this regulation— “financial participation scheme” means any scheme that offers workers of the hirer— a distribution of shares or options, or a share of profits in cash or in shares; “night time”, in relation to an individual, means— a period— which is determined for the purposes of these Regulations by a working time agreement, or the duration of which is not less than seven hours, and which includes the period between midnight and 5 a.m., in default of such a determination, the period between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.; “night work” means work during night time; “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 whose main business is the provision of training, and which is provided on a course run by that institution or person; “rest period”, in relation to an individual, means a period which is not working time, other than a rest break or leave to which that individual is entitled either under the Working Time Regulations 1998 or under the contract between that individual and the employer of that individual; “working time”, in relation to an individual means— any period during which that individual is working, at the disposal of the employer of that individual and carrying out the activity or duties of that individual, any period during which that individual is receiving relevant training, and any additional period which is to be treated as working time for the purposes of the Working Time Regulations 1998 under a working time agreement; and “working time agreement”, in relation to an individual, means a workforce agreement within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Working Time Regulations 1998, which applies to the individual any provision of— a collective agreement which forms part of a contract between that individual and the employer of that individual, or any other agreement in writing which is legally enforceable as between the individual and the employer of that individual.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04