Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978

Excluded classes of employment U.K.

141 Employment outside Great Britain. E+W+S

(1) Sections 1 to 4 and 49 to 51 do not apply in relation to employment during any period when the employee is engaged in work wholly or mainly outside Great Britain[F1 unless—

(a) the employee ordinarily works in Great Britain and the work outside Great Britain is for the same employer, or

(b) the law which governs his contract of employment is the law of England and Wales or of Scotland.]

(2) Sections 8 and 53 and Parts II, III, [F2 and V] do not apply to employment where under his contract of employment the employee ordinarily works outside Great Britain.

[F3 (2)(A) Part VII does not apply to employment where under his contract of employment the employee ordinarily works outside the territory of the Member States of the European Communities [F4 and of Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden].]

(3) An employee shall not be entitled to a redundancy payment if on the relevant date he is outside Great Britain, unless under his contract of employment he ordinarily worked in Great Britain.

(4) An employee who under his contract of employment ordinarily works outside Great Britain shall not be entitled to a redundancy payment unless on the relevant date he is in Great Britain in accordance with instruction given to him by his employer.

(5) For the purpose of subsection (2), a person employed to work on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom (not being a ship registered at a port outside Great Britain) shall, unless—

(a) the employment is wholly outside Great Britain, or

(b) he is not ordinarily resident in Great Britain,

be regarded as a person who under his contract ordinarily works in Great Britain.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 141(1) substituted (30.11.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 22; S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F2 Words “and V" substituted for words “V and VII" by S.I. 1983/624, regs. 2-4 where “the relevant date" (within the meaning of s. 122(2) of the Act) falls on or after 1.6.1983

F3 S. 141(2)(A) inserted by S.I. 1983/624, regs. 2-4 where “the relevant date" (within the meaning of s. 122(2) of the Act) falls on or after 1.6.1983

F4 Words in s. 141(2A) inserted (9.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/278, art. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 141(2) extended (E.W.) (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, s. 4, Sch. 4 para. 22; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2

S. 141(2) extended (E.W.) (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 31, 82(2), Sch. 8 para. 22

S. 141(2) extended (prosp.) by 1995 c. 26, ss. 46(4)(b), 180(1) (with s. 121(5))

142 Contracts for a fixed term. E+W+S

(1) Section 54 does not apply to dismissal from employment under a contract for a fixed term of [F5 one year] or more, where the dismissal consists only of the expiry of that term without its being renewed, if before the term so expires the employee has agreed in writing to exclude any claim in respect of rights under that section in relation to that contract.

(2) An employee employed under a contract of employment for a fixed term of two years or more entered into after 5th December 1965 shall not be entitled to a redundancy payment in respect of the expiry of that term without its being renewed (whether by the employer or by an associated employer of his), if before the term so expires he has agreed in writing to exclude any right to a redundancy payment in that event.

(3) Such an agreement as is mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) may be contained either in the contract itself or in a separate agreement.

(4) Where an agreement under subsection (2) is made during the currency of a fixed term, and that term is renewed, the agreement under that subsection shall not be construed as applying to the term as renewed, but without prejudice to the making of a further agreement under that subsection in relation to the term so renewed.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words substituted with saving by Employment Act 1980 (c. 42, SIF 43:5), s. 8(2) and S.I. 1980/1170, art. 4, Sch. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 142 restricted (E.W.) (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, s. 4, Sch. 4 para. 7(4); S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2

S. 142 restricted (E.W.) (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 20, 82(2), Sch. 8 para. 7(4)

F6 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 143 repealed by Employment Act 1982 (c. 46, SIF 43:5), Sch. 4

144 Mariners. E+W+S

[F7 (1) Sections 1 to 4 and 49 to 51 do not apply to a person employed as a seaman in a ship registered in the United Kingdom under a crew agreement the provisions and form of which are of a kind approved by the Secretary of State.]

(2) Sections 8 and 53 and Parts II, III and V to VII do not apply to employment as master or as a member of the crew of a fishing vessel where the employee is remunerated only by a share in the profits or gross earnings of the vessel.

(3) Section 141(3) and (4) do not apply to an employee, and section 142(2) does not apply to a contract of employment, if the employee is employed as a master or seaman in a British ship and is ordinarily resident in Great Britain.

(4) Sections 8, 29, 31, 122 F8 . . . do not apply to employment as a merchant seaman.

(5) Employment as a merchant seaman does not include employment in the fishing industry or employment on board a ship otherwise than by the owner, manager or charterer of that ship except employment as a radio officer, but, save as aforesaid, it includes employment as master or a member of the crew of any ship and as a trainee undergoing training for the sea service, and employment in or about a ship in port by the owner, manager or charterer of the ship to do work of the kind ordinarily done by a merchant seaman on a ship while it is in port.

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 144(1) substituted (30.11.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 49(2), Sch. 8 para. 23; 1993/2503, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

F8 Words in s. 144(4) repealed (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 188, Sch. 5 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F9 145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F9 S. 145 repealed by Dock Work Act 1989 (c. 13, SIF 43:5), s. 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

146 Miscellaneous classes of employment. E+W+S

F10 (1)

(2) Parts II, III, [F11 and V] and sections 8, 9, 53 and 86 do not apply to employment under a contract of employment in police service or to persons engaged in such employment.

(3) In subsection (2), “police service” means service—

(a) as a member of any constabulary maintained by virtue of any enactment, or

(b) in any other capacity by virtue of which a person has the powers of privileges of a constable.

F12 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (4C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 146(1) repealed by Employment Act 1982 (c. 46, SIF 43:5), Sch. 4 with saving in S.I. 1982/1656, Sch. 2

F11 Words “and V" substituted for words “V and VII" by S.I. 1983/624, regs. 2-4 where “the relevant date" (within the meaning of s. 122(2) of the Act) falls on or after 1.6.1983

F12 S. 146(4)-(8) repealed (6.2.1995) by S.I. 1995/31, regs. 3, 6, Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 146 modified (E.W.) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 7(2)(d)

C4 S. 146 modified by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29, SIF 123:2), s. 12C (as added by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 31)

[F13 146A National Security. E+W+S

(1) Where in the opinion of any Minister of the Crown the disclosure of any information would be contrary to the interests of national security—

(a) nothing in any of the provisions to which this section applies shall require any person to disclose the information, and

(b) no person shall disclose the information in any proceedings in any court or tribunal relating to any of those provisions.

(2) This section applies to—

(a) Part I so far as it relates to employment particulars,

(b) sections 22A to 22C [F14 , 31A and 31AA],

(c) Part III,

(d) section 53(2A),

(e) Part V so far as relating to a dismissal which is regarded as unfair by reason of section 57A, [F15 57AA,] 59(1)(a) or 60, and

(f) Part VIII and this Part so far as relating to any of the provisions in paragraphs (a) to (e).]

Textual Amendments

F13 S. 146A inserted (30.11.1993 for specified purposes and otherwise 10.6.1994) by 1993 c. 19, ss. 49(1), 52, Sch. 7 para. 5; S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1994/1365, art. 2, Sch.

F14 Words in s. 146A(2)(b) substituted (26.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/2587, reg. 13(5)

F15 Words in s. 146A(2)(e) inserted (26.10.1995) by S.I. 1995/2587, reg. 14(4)

F16 147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F16 S. 147 repealed by Employment Act 1982 (c. 46, SIF 43:5), Sch. 4