“access” shall be construed in accordance with section 50;
“act” includes a deliberate omission;
“advertisement” includes every form of advertisement, whether to the public or not, and whether in a newspaper or other publication, by television or radio, by display of notices, signs, labels, showcards or goods, by distribution of samples, circulars, catalogues, price lists or other material, by exhibition of pictures, models or films, or in any other way, and references to the publishing of advertisements shall be construed accordingly;
“associated employer” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2);
[“board of management”, in relation to a self-governing school, has the same meaning as in the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;]
[“Board of management” in relation to a college of further education within the meaning of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, has the same meaning as in that Part;]
“the Commission” means the Equal Opportunities Commission;
“Commissioner” means a member of the Commission;
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“designate” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (3);
“discrimination” and related terms shall be construed in accordance with section 5(1);
“dispose”, in relation to premises, includes granting a right to occupy the premises, and any reference to acquiring premises shall be construed accordingly;
“education” includes any form of training or instruction;
“education authority” and “educational establishment” in relation to Scotland have the same meaning as they have respectively in [section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980];
“employment” means employment under a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute any work or labour, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“employment agency” means a person who, for profit or not, provides services for the purpose of finding employment for workers or supplying employers with workers;
“equality clause” has the meaning given in section 1(2) of the Equal Pay Act 1970 (as set out in section 8(1) of this Act);
“estate agent” means a person who, by way of profession or trade, provides services for the purpose of finding premises for persons seeking to acquire them or assisting in the disposal of premises;
“final” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (4);
“firm” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Partnership Act 1890;
“formal investigation” means an investigation under section 57;
“further education” has the meaning given by [section 41(3) of the Education Act 1944 as read with section 14 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992] and in Scotland has the meaning given by [section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980];
“general notice”, in relation to any person, means a notice published by him at a time and in a manner appearing to him suitable for securing that the notice is seen within a reasonable time by persons likely to be affected by it;
“genuine occupational qualification” shall be construed in accordance with section 7(2);
“Great Britain” includes such of the territorial waters of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Great Britain;
“independent school” has the meaning given by section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944 and in Scotland has the meaning given by [section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980];
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“man” includes a male of any age;
“managers” has the same meaning for Scotland as in [section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980];
“near relative” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (5);
“non-discrimination notice” means a notice under section 67;
“notice” means a notice in writing;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument;
“profession” includes any vocation or occupation;
“proprietor”, in relation to any school, has the meaning given by section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944 and in Scotland has the meaning given by [section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980];
“pupil” in Scotland includes a student of any age;
“retirement” includes retirement (whether voluntary or not) on grounds of age, length of service, or incapacity;
“school” has the meaning given by section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944, and in Scotland has the meaning given by [section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980];
“school education” has the meaning given by [section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980];
[“self-governing school” has the same meaning as in the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;]
“trade” includes any business;
“training” includes any form of education or instruction;
“university” includes a university college and the college, school or hall of a university;
“upper limit of compulsory school age” means, subject to section 9 of the Education Act 1962, the age that is that limit by virtue of section 35 of the Education Act 1944 and the Order in Council made under that section;
“woman” includes a female of any age.