Section 145 General definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them:—

• (1)—(6) . . . F1

• (7) “Act of 1937” means the M1Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, except in Part IV and the Third Schedule;

• (8)—(15C) . . .

• (16) “Education authority” means F2F3a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, and “area” in relation to an education authority shall be construed accordingly;

• (17) . . .

• (18) “Employment” includes employment in any labour exercised by way of trade or for purposes of gain whether the gain be to the child or to the young person or to any other person, and a person who assists in a trade or occupation carried on for profit shall be deemed to be employed notwithstanding that he receives no reward for his labour; and “employ” shall be construed accordingly;

• (19) “Employer” includes a parent who employs his children;

• (19A)—(32) . . .

• (33) “Parent” includes guardian and any person who is liable to maintain or has F4parental responsibilities (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to, or has the care of,a child or young person;

• (34)—(41B) . . .

• (42) “School” means an institution for the provision of primary or secondary education or both primary and secondary education being a public school, a grant-aided school or an independent school, and includes a nursery school and a special school; and the expression “school” where used without qualification includes any such school or all such schools as the context may require, but does not include F5an establishment or residential establishment within the meaning of the M2Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;

• (43)—(49) . . .