Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976

5 (1) The provisions of this paragraph shall have effect for determining what is work in agriculture as a permit worker for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule. E+W

(2) A person works in agriculture as a permit worker for any week in which he works in agriculture as an employee for the whole or part of the week and there is in force in relation to him a permit granted under section 5 of the M1 Agricultural Wages Act 1948.

(3) If in any week a person who is employed in agriculture as a permit worker is, for the whole or part of the week—

(a) absent from work in agriculture by reason of his taking a holiday to which he is entitled, or

(b) absent from work in agriculture with the consent of his employer or, where he has two or more employers, with the consent of the employer or employers concerned, or

(c) incapable of work in agriculture as a permit worker in consequence of an injury or disease (whether a qualifying injury or disease or not),

that week shall count as a week of work in agriculture as a permit worker.

(4) If in any week a person (whether employed in agriculture as a permit worker or not) is, for the whole or part of the week, incapable of work in agriculture as a permit worker in consequence of a qualifying injury or disease, that week shall count as a week of work in agriculture as a permit worker.

Marginal Citations

M1 1948 c. 47.