Part 1Duty to participate in education or training: England

Chapter 6Miscellaneous

62Crown employment

1

For the purposes of section 5—

a

Crown employment, and

b

service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown,

are each to be treated as working under a contract of employment.

2

Regulations may provide for Chapter 1 to have effect subject to modifications in relation to persons working in either of those ways.

3

Chapter 3 applies in relation to Crown employment and persons in Crown employment as it applies in relation to other employment and other employees, but subject to subsection (4).

4

For the purposes of the application of Chapter 3 in relation to Crown employment and persons in Crown employment—

a

references to a contract of employment are to be construed, in relation to a person in Crown employment, as references to the terms and conditions under which the person works, and

b

references to an employee are to be construed as references to a person in Crown employment.

5

In this section, “Crown employment” means employment under or for the purposes of a government department or any officer or body exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by statutory provision, but subject to subsection (6).

6

Crown employment—

a

does not include service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown, but

b

does include employment by an association established for the purposes of Part 11 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14).