# Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 (repealed 16.10.1992), Paragraph 33

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the provisions of this Act shall have effect in relation to Crown employment and to workers in Crown employment as they have effect in relation to other employment and to other workers.
(2) In this paragraph (subject to sub-paragraph (4) below) “Crown employment” means employment under or for the purposes of a government department, or any officer or body exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by any enactment, otherwise than as a member of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown or of any women’s service administered by the Defence Council, and “Crown employee” means a person who is for the time being in Crown employment or (where it has ceased) was in Crown employment.
(3) For the purposes of the application of the provisions of this Act in relation to Crown employment in accordance with subparagraph (1) above—
(a) any reference to an employee shall be construed as a reference to a Crown employee;
(b) any reference to dismissal shall be construed as a reference to the termination of Crown employment;
c)(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) any other reference to an undertaking shall be construed, in relation to a Minister of the Crown, as a reference to his functions or (as the context may require) to the department of which he is in charge, and, in relation to a government department , officer or body shall be construed as a reference to the functions of the department , officer or body or (as the context may require) to the department , officer or body.
(4) For the purposes of this Act—
(a) none of the bodies specified in Schedule 3 to the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 (national health service employers) shall be regarded as performing functions on behalf of the Crown, and their employees shall not be regarded as being employed under or for the purposes of a government department, and accordingly employment by any such body shall not be Crown employment within the meaning of this paragraph;
(b) associations established for the purposes of the Part VI of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 shall be treated as if they were government departments, and accordingly employment by any such association shall be Crown employment within the meaning of this paragraph;
and for the purposes of this paragraph Crown employment does not include any employment in respect of which a certificate to which sub-paragraph (5) below applies is for the time being in force.
(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) This sub-paragraph applies to any certificate issued by or on behalf of a Minister of the Crown and certifying that employment of a description specified in the certificate, or the employment of a particular person so specified, is (or at a time specified in the certificate was) required to be excepted from sub-paragraph (1) above for the purpose of safeguarding national security; and any document purporting to be a certificate so issued shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/52/schedule/1/paragraph/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-act-1974-repealed-16101992/schedule-1/paragraph-33
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