TH DECEMBER 1945] 4 P ART I - SECT 24 Interpretation.

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TH DECEMBER 1945] 4 P ART I - SECT 24

Interpretation.

24.(1) In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby
respectively assigned to them, that is to say,

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;

"organisation" includes, in relation to workers, an association of
trade unions, and, in relation to employers, an association of organisations
of employers;

"statutory period" means ...

definition in 1954 c.33 (NI) s.41(2) substituted by 1979 NI 12 art.10

"superannuation scheme" means any enactment, rules, deed or other instrument,
providing for the payment of annuities or lump sums to the persons with
respect to whom the instrument has effect on their retirement at a specified
age or on becoming incapacitated at some earlier age, or to the personal
representatives or the widows, relatives or dependants of such persons on
their death or otherwise, whether with or without any further or other
benefits;

"thrift scheme" means any arrangement for savings, for providing money for
holidays or for other purposes, under which a worker is entitled to receive in
cash sums equal to or greater than the aggregate of any sums deducted from his
remuneration or paid by him for the purposes of the scheme;

"trade union" includes an association of trade unions;

["wages council" means a wages council established under this Act];

"worker" means any person who has entered into or works under a contract with
an employer, whether the contract be for manual labour, clerical work or
otherwise, be expressed or implied, oral or in writing and whether it be a
contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute
any work or labour, except that the said expression does not include any
person who is employed casually and otherwise than for the purposes of the
employer's business.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI) s.48(1) sch.

(3) Any power conferred by this Act to prescribe the manner in which anything
is to be published shall include a power to prescribe the date which is to be
taken for the purposes of this Act as the date of the publication.

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TH DECEMBER 1945] 4 P ART I - SECT 24