F1“ACAS” means the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service,

“the Appeal Tribunal” means the Employment Appeal Tribunal,

“Appeal Tribunal procedure rules” shall be construed in accordance with section 30(1),

“appointed member” shall be construed in accordance with section 22(1)(c),

F2“Certification Officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 254 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,

“conciliation officer” means an officer designated by F3ACAS under section 211 of the M1Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,

“contract of employment” means a contract of service or apprenticeship, whether express or implied, and (if it is express) whether oral or in writing,

“employee” means an individual who has entered into or works under (or, where the employment has ceased, worked under) a contract of employment,

“employer”, in relation to an employee, means the person by whom the employee is (or, where the employment has ceased, was) employed,

“employers’ association” has the same meaning as in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,

“employment” means employment under a contract of employment and “employed” shall be construed accordingly,

“ F4employment tribunal procedure regulations” shall be construed in accordance with section 7(1),

F5“representative” shall be construed in accordance with section 6(1) (in Part 1) or section 29(1) (in Part 2),

“statutory provision” means a provision, whether of a general or a special nature, contained in, or in any document made or issued under, any Act, whether of a general or special nature,

“successor”, in relation to the employer of an employee, means (subject to subsection (2)) a person who in consequence of a change occurring (whether by virtue of a sale or other disposition or by operation of law) in the ownership of the undertaking, or of the part of the undertaking, for the purposes of which the employee was employed, has become the owner of the undertaking or part, and

“trade union” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.