Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. VI (ss. 81–120) modified by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 59(1)
C2Pt. VI (ss. 81–120) excluded (S.) by Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47, SIF 77:2), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 10(2), Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 12(2) and Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(2)
C3Pt. VI (ss. 81–120) excluded by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), s. 45(4) Sch. 7 para. 7(3)(b), Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 46(2), Sch. 5 para. 10(2), Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), ss. 56(2), 113(2), Sch. 17 para. 35 and Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 137(4), Sch. 10 para. 16
(1)In this Part, except as respects a case to which section 86 applies, “dismiss" and “dismissal" shall, subject to sections 84, 85 and 93, be construed in accordance with subsection (2).
(2)An employee shall be treated as dismissed by his employer if, but only if,—
(a)the contract under which he is employed by the employer is terminated by the employer, whether it is so terminated by notice or without notice, or
(b)where under that contract he is employed for a fixed term, that term expires without being renewed under the same contract, or
(c)the employee terminates that contract with or without notice, in circumstances (not falling within section 92(4)) such that he is entitled to terminate it without notice by reason of the employer’s conduct.