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Section 10 Interpretation.

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—

  • “agriculture” includes dairy-farming, the production of any consumable produce which is grown for sale or for consumption or other use for the purposes of a trade or business or of any other undertaking (whether carried on for profit or not), and the use of land as grazing, meadow or pasture land or orchard or osier land or woodland or for market gardens or nursery grounds;

  • “consumable produce” means produce grown for consumption or for other use after severance from the land on which it is grown;

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  • “worker” means a person employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship, and “employer” and “employed” have corresponding meanings.

(2)

Any reference in this Act to a contravention of any provision shall include a reference to a failure to comply with that provision.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Definition of “the appropriate Minister” repealed by S.I. 1976/1247, Sch. 1

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/3022, reg. 2, Sch. Pt. I