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(1)In this Act—
F1. . .
“employment” includes—
employment by way of a professional engagement or otherwise under a contract for services;
the reception in a private household of a person under an arrangement whereby that person is to assist in the domestic work of the household in consideration of receiving hospitality and pocket money or hospitality only;
and “worker” and “employer” shall be construed accordingly;
“employment agency” has the meaning assigned by subsection (2) of this section but does not include any arrangements, services, functions or business to which this Act does not apply by virtue of subsection (7) of this section;
“employment business” has the meaning assigned by subsection (3) of this section but does not include any arrangements, services, functions or business to which this Act does not apply by virtue of subsection (7) of this section;
“fee” includes any charge however described;
F1. . .
F2 . . .
“local authority” in relation to England F3. . ., means a county council, . . . F4, the Common Council of the City of London, a district council or a London borough council [F5and in relation to Wales, means a county council or a county borough council] and, in relation to [F6Scotland means a [F7council constituted under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]];
“organisation” includes an association of organisations;
“organisation of employers” means an organisation which consists wholly or mainly of employers and whose principal objects include the regulation of relations between employers and workers or organisations of workers;
“organisation of workers” means an organisation which consists wholly or mainly of workers and whose principal objects include the regulation of relations between workers and employers or organisations of employers;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act by the Secretary of State;
[F8 “ prohibition order ” has the meaning given by section 3A(2) of this Act; ]
F1. . .
(2)For the purposes of this Act “employment agency” means the business (whether or not carried on with a view to profit and whether or not carried on in conjunction with any other business) of providing services (whether by the provision of information or otherwise) for the purpose of finding [F9persons] employment with employers or of supplying employers with [F9persons] for employment by them.
(3)For the purposes of this Act “employment business” means the business (whether or not carried on with a view to profit and whether or not carried on in conjunction with any other business) of supplying persons in the employment of the person carrying on the business, to act for, and under the control of, other persons in any capacity.
(4)The reference in subsection (2) of this section to providing services does not include a reference—
(a)to publishing a newspaper or other publication unless it is published wholly or mainly for the purpose mentioned in that subsection;
(b)to the display by any person of advertisements on premises occupied by him otherwise than for the said purpose; . . . F10[F11or
(c)to providing a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990).]
(5)For the purposes of section 269 of the M1Local Government Act 1972, this Act shall be deemed to have been passed after 1st April 1974.
(6)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment.
(7)This Act does not apply to—
(a)any business which is carried on exclusively for the purpose of obtaining employment for—
(i)persons formerly members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces; or
(ii)persons released from a [F12custodial sentence passed by a criminal court in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;]
F13...
F13 [F14( b )] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F13 [F14( c )] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)services which are ancillary to the letting upon hire of any aircraft, vessel, vehicle, plant or equipment;
F15(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f)the exercise by a local authority [F16, a police authority established under [F17section 3 of thePolice Act 1996]F18...][F19, [F20the Inner London Education Authority]or a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985]of any of their functions;
[F21(fa)the exercise by the Metropolitan Police Authority of any of its functions;]
[F22(ff)the exercise by the Broads Authority of any of its functions;]
F23 [( fg )the exercise by a National Park authority of any of its functions;]
[F24(fh)the exercise by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority of any of its functions;]
(g)services provided by any organisation of employers or organisation of workers for its members;
[F25(ga)services provided in pursuance of arrangements made, or a direction given, under section 10 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;]
(h)services provided by an appointments board or service controlled by—
(i)one or more universities;
(ii)a central institution as defined in section 145 of the M2Education (Scotland) Act 1962 or a college of education as defined in the said section 145;
[F26(i)any prescribed business or service, or prescribed class of business or service or business or service carried on or provided by prescribed persons or classes of person.]
[F14Provided that paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not be taken as exempting from the provisions of this Act any other business carried on in conjunction with an agency for the supply of nurses.]
(8)Subsection (7)(c) of this section shall have effect in its application to Scotland as if at the end there were added the words “or mainly or substantially supported by voluntary subscriptions and providing patients with the services of a nurse whether or not the nurse takes up residence in the patient’s house”.
Extent Information
E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only.
Textual Amendments
F1Definitions in s. 13(1) repealed (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1994/3188, arts. 2, 3
F2Definition repealed by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Sch. 18
F3Words in s. 13(1) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 41, Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F4Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1),s. 102, Sch. 17
F5Words in s. 13(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 41 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F6Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 208(b)
F7Words in s. 13(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 90; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F8Definition in s. 13(1) inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 35, Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 1(5); S.I. 1994/3188, arts. 2, 3
F9Word in s. 13(2) substituted (6.4.2004) by Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26), s. 45(1), Sch. 7 para. 7; S.I. 2003/3357, art. 4
F10Word repealed by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 57(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 27, Sch. 6
F11Word “or” and s. 13(4)(c) substituted for s.13(4)(c)(d) by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 203(1), Sch. 20 para. 18
F12Words substituted (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 123(6), Sch. 8 Pt. I paras. 7, 16
F13S. 13(7)(b)(c) and proviso repealed (1.4.2003 for E. and 2.10.2003 for W.) by Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), ss. 111(2), 117(2), 122, Sch. 6; S.I. 2001/3852, art. 3(8)(b)(c) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1) (which commencing S.I. is amended by: S.I. 2002/1790, art. 2; S.I. 2002/2001, arts. 2, 3; S.I. 2002/3210, art. 2); S.I. 2003/2528, art. 2(b)(c)
F14S. 13(7)(b)(c) and proviso repealed (1.4.2003 for E.) by 2000 c. 14, ss. 111(2), 117(2), 122, Sch. 6; S.I. 2001/3852, art. 3(8)(b)(c) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1) (which commencing S.I. is amended by: S.I. 2002/1790, art. 2; S.I. 2002/2001, arts. 2, 3; S.I. 2002/3210, art. 2)
F15S. 13(7)(e) repealed (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1994/3188, arts. 2, 3
F16Words in s. 13(7)(f) inserted (1.10.1994 for certain purposes only and 1.4.1995 otherwise) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 50; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.
F17Words in s. 13(7)(f) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(i)
F18Words in s. 13(7)(f) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8)(8), Sch. 4 para. 19, 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(i)
F19Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 50
F20Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), s. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
F21S. 13(7)(fa) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, Sch. 27 para. 37 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch.
F22S. 13(7)(ff) inserted (E.W.) by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), s. 21, Sch. 6 para. 11
F23S. 13(7)(fg) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 11 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2(1)
F24S. 13(7)(fh) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 22 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(h)
F25S. 13(7)(ga) inserted (1.4.1994 in relation to England and Scotland and 1.4.1995 for all other purposes) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 4; S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(3), Sch. 3
F26S. 13(7)(i) substituted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 31, Sch. 7 paras. 1, 8; S.I. 1999/2850, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 13(7)(f) extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 4(j)
C2S. 13(7)(f) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 13(e)
C3S. 13(7)(f) extended by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 8(g)
C4S. 13(7)(f) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2), Sch. 13 para. 20(d) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))
Marginal Citations
(1)In this Act—
F27. . .
“employment” includes—
employment by way of a professional engagement or otherwise under a contract for services;
the reception in a private household of a person under an arrangement whereby that person is to assist in the domestic work of the household in consideration of receiving hospitality and pocket money or hospitality only;
and “worker” and “employer” shall be construed accordingly;
“employment agency” has the meaning assigned by subsection (2) of this section but does not include any arrangements, services, functions or business to which this Act does not apply by virtue of subsection (7) of this section;
“employment business” has the meaning assigned by subsection (3) of this section but does not include any arrangements, services, functions or business to which this Act does not apply by virtue of subsection (7) of this section;
“fee” includes any charge however described;
F27. . .
F28 . . .
“local authority” in relation to England F29. . ., means a county council, . . . F30, the Common Council of the City of London, a district council or a London borough council [F31and in relation to Wales, means a county council or a county borough council] and, in relation to [F32Scotland means a [F33council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]];
“organisation” includes an association of organisations;
“organisation of employers” means an organisation which consists wholly or mainly of employers and whose principal objects include the regulation of relations between employers and workers or organisations of workers;
“organisation of workers” means an organisation which consists wholly or mainly of workers and whose principal objects include the regulation of relations between workers and employers or organisations of employers;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act by the Secretary of State;
[F34 “ prohibition order ” has the meaning given by section 3A(2) of this Act; ]
F27. . .
(2)For the purposes of this Act “employment agency” means the business (whether or not carried on with a view to profit and whether or not carried on in conjunction with any other business) of providing services (whether by the provision of information or otherwise) for the purpose of finding [F9persons] employment with employers or of supplying employers with [F9persons] for employment by them.
(3)For the purposes of this Act “employment business” means the business (whether or not carried on with a view to profit and whether or not carried on in conjunction with any other business) of supplying persons in the employment of the person carrying on the business, to act for, and under the control of, other persons in any capacity.
(4)The reference in subsection (2) of this section to providing services does not include a reference—
(a)to publishing a newspaper or other publication unless it is published wholly or mainly for the purpose mentioned in that subsection;
(b)to the display by any person of advertisements on premises occupied by him otherwise than for the said purpose; . . . F35[F36or
(c)to providing a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990).]
(5)For the purposes of section 269 of the M3Local Government Act 1972, this Act shall be deemed to have been passed after 1st April 1974.
(6)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment.
(7)This Act does not apply to—
(a)any business which is carried on exclusively for the purpose of obtaining employment for—
(i)persons formerly members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces; or
(ii)persons released from a prison, Borstal institution, detention centre or young offenders’ institution
F13...
F13(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F13(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)services which are ancillary to the letting upon hire of any aircraft, vessel, vehicle, plant or equipment;
F37(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f)the exercise by a local authority [F38, a police authority established under [F39section 3 of thePolice Act 1996]]F18...[F40, [F41the Inner London Education Authority]or a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985] of any of their functions;
[F42(fa)the exercise by the Metropolitan Police Authority of any of its functions;]
[F43(fh)the exercise by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority of any of its functions;]
(g)services provided by any organisation of employers or organisation of workers for its members;
[F44(ga)services provided in pursuance of arrangements made, or a direction given, under section 10 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;]
(h)services provided by an appointments board or service controlled by—
(i)one or more universities;
(ii)a central institution as defined in section 145 of the M4Education (Scotland) Act 1962 or a college of education as defined in the said section 145;
[F45(i)any prescribed business or service, or prescribed class of business or service or business or service carried on or provided by prescribed persons or classes of person.]
Provided that paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not be taken as exempting from the provisions of this Act any other business carried on in conjunction with an agency for the supply of nurses.
(8)Subsection (7)(c) of this section shall have effect in its application to Scotland as if at the end there were added the words “or mainly or substantially supported by voluntary subscriptions and providing patients with the services of a nurse whether or not the nurse takes up residence in the patient’s house”.
Extent Information
E2This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only.
Textual Amendments
F9Word in s. 13(2) substituted (6.4.2004) by Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26), s. 45(1), Sch. 7 para. 7; S.I. 2003/3357, art. 4
F13S. 13(7)(b)(c) and proviso repealed (1.4.2003 for E. and 2.10.2003 for W.) by Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), ss. 111(2), 117(2), 122, Sch. 6; S.I. 2001/3852, art. 3(8)(b)(c) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1) (which commencing S.I. is amended by: S.I. 2002/1790, art. 2; S.I. 2002/2001, arts. 2, 3; S.I. 2002/3210, art. 2); S.I. 2003/2528, art. 2(b)(c)
F18Words in s. 13(7)(f) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8)(8), Sch. 4 para. 19, 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(i)
F27Definitions in s. 13(1) repealed (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1994/3188, arts. 2, 3
F28Definition repealed by Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Sch. 18
F29Words in s. 13(1) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 41, Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F30Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1),s. 102, Sch. 17
F31Words in s. 13(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 41 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F32Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 208(b)
F33Words in s. 13(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 90; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F34Definition in s. 13(1) inserted (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 35, Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 1(5); S.I. 1994/3188, arts. 2, 3
F35Word repealed by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 57(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 27, Sch. 6
F36Word “or” and s. 13(4)(c) substituted for s.13(4)(c)(d) by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 203(1), Sch. 20 para. 18
F37S. 13(7)(e) repealed (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1994/3188, arts. 2, 3
F38Words in s. 13(7)(f) inserted (1.10.1994 for certain purposes only and 1.5.1995 otherwise) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 50; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.
F39Words in s. 13(7)(f) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(i)
F40Words in s. 13(7)(f) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 50
F41Words in s. 13(7)(f) repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), s. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
F42S. 13(7)(fa) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, Sch. 27 para. 37 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch.
F43It is provided that s. 13(7)(fh) is inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 22 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(h)
F44S. 13(7)(ga) inserted (1.4.1994 in relation to England and Scotland and 1.4.1995 for all other purposes) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 4; S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(3), Sch. 3
F45S. 13(7)(i) substituted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 31, Sch. 7 paras. 1, 8; S.I. 1999/2850, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5S. 13(7)(f) extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 4(j)
C6S. 13(7)(f) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 13(e)
C7S. 13(7)(f) extended by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 8(g)
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