21. Contracting out

Terms defined in s 2

• employee

  employee

  Defined · s 2

  “employee” means any person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, whether —(a)by way of manual labour or otherwise;(b)the contract is express or implied or is oral or in writing; and(c)the remuneration is calculated by time or by work done,but does not include any class of persons specified in the Fourth Schedule;

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• employer

  employer

  Defined · s 2

  “employer” includes —(a)the Government;(b)any statutory body or authority;(c)the legal personal representative of a deceased employer; and(d)in relation to a person employed for the purpose of any game or recreation and engaged or paid through a club, the manager or members of the managing committee of that club,and where the services of an employee are temporarily lent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, the latter shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to continue to be the employer of the employee whilst he is working for that other person;

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• injury

  injury

  Defined · s 2

  “injury” includes any condition specified in the Second Schedule;

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