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3.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996 M1;
[F1“agency worker” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010;]
“the Appeal Tribunal” means the Employment Appeal Tribunal;
[F2“assignment” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010;]
“the CAC” means the Central Arbitration Committee;
“the Companies Acts” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Companies Act 2006;
“competent authority of another EEA State” means a court or other authority designated in accordance with the law of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom as competent for the purposes of Article 8 (appointment of independent expert), Article 10 (issue of pre-merger certificate) or Article 11 (scrutiny of completion of merger) of the Directive;
“the court” means—
in England and Wales, the High Court,
in Scotland, the Court of Session, or
in Northern Ireland, the High Court;
“the Directive” means Directive 2005/56/EC on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies M2;
“director” has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 250 of the Companies Act 2006);
“directors' report” means a report prepared and adopted in accordance with regulation 8 (directors' report), and includes any opinion of the employee representatives which must accompany it in accordance with regulation 8(6);
“dismissed” and “dismissal”, in relation to an employee, shall be construed in accordance with Part 10 of the 1996 Act;
“draft terms of merger” means a draft of the proposed terms of a cross-border merger drawn up and adopted in accordance with regulation 7 (draft terms of merger);
“EEA company” means a body corporate governed by the law of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom;
“employee” means an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of employment and includes, where the employment has ceased, an individual who worked under a contract of employment;
“employee participation” means the influence of the employees and/or the employee representatives in the transferee company or a merging company by way of the right to—
elect or appoint some of the members of the transferee company's or the merging company's supervisory or administrative organ; or
recommend and/or oppose the appointment of some or all of the members of the transferee's or the merging company's supervisory or administrative organ;
“employee representatives” means—
if the employees are of a description in respect of which an independent trade union is recognised by their employer for the purpose of collective bargaining, representatives of the trade union who normally take part as negotiators in the collective bargaining process, and
any other employees of their employer who are elected or appointed as employee representatives to positions in which they are expected to receive, on behalf of the employees, information—
which is relevant to the terms and conditions of employment of the employees, or
about the activities of the undertaking which may significantly affect the interests of the employees,
but excluding representatives who are expected to receive information relevant only to a specific aspect of the terms and conditions or interests of the employees, such as health and safety, collective redundancies, or pension schemes;
“existing transferee company” means a transferee company other than one formed for the purposes of, or in connection with, a cross-border merger;
“First Company Law Directive” means First Council Directive on co-ordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent throughout the Community (68/151/EEC) M3;
“the Gazette” means—
as respects UK companies registered in England and Wales, the London Gazette,
as respects UK companies registered in Scotland, the Edinburgh Gazette, and
as respects UK companies registered in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Gazette;
[F3“hirer” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010;]
“independent expert's report” means a report prepared in accordance with regulation 9 (independent expert's report);
“liabilities” includes duties;
“member” in relation to a UK company has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 112 of the Companies Act 2006);
“registrar of companies” has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 1060 of the Companies Act 2006);
“
” means the number of shares or other securities in any transferee company that the draft terms of merger provide to be allotted to members of any transferor company for a given number of their shares or other securities;“standard rules of employee participation” means the rules in regulation 38;
[F4“suitable information relating to the use of agency workers” means—
the number of agency workers working temporarily for and under the supervision and direction of a merging company or the transferee company (as the case may be);
the parts of the undertaking in which those agency workers are working; and
the type of work those agency workers are carrying out;]
[F4“temporary work agency” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010;]
“transferee company” means a UK company or an EEA company to which assets and liabilities are to be transferred by way of a cross-border merger;
“transferor company” means a UK company or an EEA company whose assets and liabilities are to be transferred by way of a cross-border merger;
“
” has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 724 of the Companies Act 2006);“UK company” means a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts (see section 1 of the Companies Act 2006) other than—
a company limited by guarantee without a share capital (see section 5 of the Companies Act 2006), or
a company being wound up;
“UK employee” means an employee who has entered into or works under a contract of employment with a UK company;
“UK members of the special negotiating body” means members of the special negotiating body, established pursuant to regulation 25, elected or appointed by UK employees; and
“the UK register” means the register within the meaning of the Companies Acts (see section 1080 of the Companies Act 2006).
(2) References in these Regulations to “the merging companies” are—
(a)in relation to a merger by absorption or a merger by absorption of a wholly-owned subsidiary, to the transferor company or companies and the existing transferee company;
(b)in relation to a merger by formation of a new company, to the transferor companies.
(3) References in these Regulations to—
(a)“a UK merging company” are to a merging company which is a UK company;
(b)“a UK transferee company” are to a transferee company which is a UK company;
(c)“a UK transferor company” are to a transferor company which is a UK company.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (1.10.2011) by The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 40(a)
F2Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (1.10.2011) by The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 40(b)
F3Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (1.10.2011) by The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 40(c)
F4Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (1.10.2011) by The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 40(d)
Marginal Citations
M2OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 1. The Directive extends to the European Economic Area by virtue of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 127/2006 of 22 September 2006 amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement (OJ L 333, 30.11.2006, p. 59).
M3OJ L 65, 14.3.1968, p. 8. The Directive has been amended on a number of occasions, but the only amendments relevant to the United Kingdom are those made by Directive 2003/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 (OJ L 221, 4.9.2003, p. 13).
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