# Employment Rights Act 2025, Paragraph 23


(1) Section 19 (general interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) After the definition of “the data protection legislation” insert—
““declaration” (without more) means—
(a)an equivalence declaration,
(b)a remuneration declaration, or
(c)a safe working declaration;”.
(3) Omit the definition of “national minimum wage equivalent”.
(4) In the definition of “operator”, for “service to which this Act applies” substitute “relevant service”.
(5) After the definition of “operator” insert—
““relevant service” has the meaning given by section 1;”.
(6) In the definition of “relevant year”, for “has the meaning given by section 3(6);” substitute
“means—
(a)the period of 12 months beginning with a date specified in regulations, and
(b)each successive period of 12 months;”.
(7) After the definition of “relevant year” insert—
““remuneration declaration” has the meaning given by section 4C(1);
“remuneration regulations” has the meaning given by section 4A(2);
“safe working declaration” has the meaning given by section 4G(1);
“safe working regulations” has the meaning given by section 4E(6);”.
(8) In the definition of “UK work”, for “has the meaning given by section 4(10)” substitute “means work which is carried out in the United Kingdom or its territorial waters”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/36/schedule/5/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/schedule-5/paragraph-23
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