Section 27B Power to make further provision in relation to zero hours workersF1

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the purpose of securing that zero hours workers, or any description of zero hours workers, are not restricted by any provision or purported provision of F2their worker’s contracts or their arrangements with their employers from doing any work otherwise than under those contracts or arrangements.

In this section, “zero hours workers” means—

The worker's contracts which may be specified by virtue of subsection (2)(c) are those in relation to which the Secretary of State considers it appropriate for provision made by the regulations to apply, having regard, in particular, to provision made by the worker's contracts as to income, rate of pay or working hours.

In this section “F4... zero hours arrangement” means an arrangement F5(whether contractual or non-contractual) other than a worker's contract under which—

and in this section “employer”, in relation to a F6... zero hours arrangement, is to be read accordingly.

Provision that may be made by regulations under subsection (1) includes provision for—

Provision that may be made by virtue of subsection (5)(a) may, in particular, include provision for F8—

For this purpose an exclusivity term is any term by virtue of which a worker is restricted from doing any work otherwise than under the worker's contract F10or (as the case may be) an individual is restricted from doing any work otherwise than under a worker’s contract entered into in accordance with the zero hours arrangement.

Regulations under this section may—

For the purposes of this section—

Nothing in this section is to be taken to affect any worker's contract except so far as any regulations made under this section expressly apply in relation to it.