PART IVGENERAL PROVISIONS

Meaning of “employee”17

1

F1Subject to paragraph (1A), in a case where, and in so far as, a woman F2... is treated as an employed earner by virtue of the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 19782 she shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act and in a case where, and in so far as, such a woman is treated otherwise than as an employed earner by virtue of those regulations, she shall not be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V.

F31A

Paragraph (1) shall have effect in relation to a woman who—

a

is under the age of 16; and

b

would or, as the case may be, would not have been treated as an employed earner by virtue of the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978 had she been over that age,

as it has effect in relation to a woman who is, or, as the case may be, is not so treated.

2

Any woman who is in employed earner's employment within the meaning of the 1975 Act under a contract of apprenticeship shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V.

3

A woman who is in employed earner's employment within the meaning of the 1975 Act but whose employer—

a

does not fulfil the conditions prescribed in regulation 119(1)(b) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 19793 as to residence or presence in Great Britain, or

b

is a woman who, by reason of any international treaty to which the United Kingdom is a party or of any international convention binding the United Kingdom—

i

is exempt from the provisions of the 1975 Act, or

ii

is a woman against whom the provisions of that Act are not enforceable,

shall not be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act.