{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-lincolnshire-district-council-staff-transfer-order-1996/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-lincolnshire-district-council-staff-transfer-order-1996/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/384",
  "legislation_title": "The North Lincolnshire District Council (Staff Transfer) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-lincolnshire-district-council-staff-transfer-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“contract of employment” means a contract under which a person works for another person whether under a contract of service or apprenticeship or otherwise but does not include a contract for services;\n“employee” means a person employed under a contract of employment including a person employed under a fixed term contract the expiry date for which is after 31st March 1996, but does not include a person whose employment is on a temporary basis and who on 31st March 1996 has had a continuous period of employment (when calculated in accordance with section 151 of, and Schedule 13 to, the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978) of less than two years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 44 to which there are amendments not relevant to these regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/384/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:52:02.571412+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}