Children First Act 2015
PART 2 Child Safeguarding Statements | ||
Definitions for purposes of Part 2 | ||
8. In this Part— | ||
“advance notice” shall be construed in accordance with section 12 (2); | ||
“contract of employment” means— | ||
(a) a contract of service or apprenticeship, or | ||
(b) any other contract whereby an individual agrees with another person, who is carrying on the business of an employment agency within the meaning of the Employment Agency Act 1971 , and is acting in the course of that business, to do or perform personally any work or service for a third person (whether or not the third person is a party to the contract), | ||
whether the contract is express or implied and, if express, whether it is oral or in writing; | ||
“non-compliance notice” means a notice served by the Agency under section 12 (6); | ||
“personal relationship” has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 ; | ||
“provider” means, in relation to a relevant service, a person— | ||
(a) who provides a relevant service, and | ||
(b) who, in respect of the provision of such relevant service— | ||
(i) employs (whether under contract of employment or otherwise) one or more than one other person to undertake any work or activity that constitutes a relevant service, | ||
(ii) enters into a contract for services with one or more than one other person for the provision by the person of a relevant service, or | ||
(iii) permits one or more than one other person (whether or not for commercial or other consideration and whether or not as part of a course of education or training, including an internship scheme) to undertake any work or activity, on behalf of the person, that constitutes a relevant service; | ||
“register of non-compliance” shall be construed in accordance with section 13 (1); | ||
“relevant person” means a person who is appointed by a provider of a relevant service to be the first point of contact in respect of the provider’s child safeguarding statement. |