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Legislation
Employment Rights Act 1996

Part IVA Protected disclosures

  • Section 43A Meaning of “protected disclosure”.
  • Section 43B Disclosures qualifying for protection.
  • Section 43C Disclosure to employer or other responsible person.
  • Section 43D Disclosure to legal adviser.
  • Section 43E Disclosure to Minister of the Crown.
  • Section 43F Disclosure to prescribed person.
  • Section 43FA Prescribed persons: duty to report on disclosures of information
  • Section 43G Disclosure in other cases.
  • Section 43H Disclosure of exceptionally serious failure.
  • Section 43J Contractual duties of confidentiality.
  • Section 43K Extension of meaning of “worker” etc. for Part IVA.
  • Section 43KA Application of this Part and related provisions to police
  • Section 43L Other interpretative provisions.
  1. Part IVA
  2. Extension of meaning of “worker” etc. for Part IVA.

Section 43K | Extension of meaning of “worker” etc. for Part IVA. F1

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)For the purposes of this Part “ worker ” includes an individual who is not a worker as defined by section 230(3) but who—F1

(a)works or worked for a person in circumstances in which—F1

(i)he is or was introduced or supplied to do that work by a third person, andF1

(ii)the terms on which he is or was engaged to do the work are or were in practice substantially determined not by him but by the person for whom he works or worked, by the third person or by both of them,F1

(b)contracts or contracted with a person, for the purposes of that person’s business, for the execution of work to be done in a place not under the control or management of that person and would fall within section 230(3)(b) if for “personally” in that provision there were substituted “(whether personally or otherwise)”,F1

(ba)works or worked as a person performing services under a contract entered into by him with NHS England under section 83(2), 84, 92, 100, 107, 115(4), 117 or 134 of, or Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 2006 or with a Local Health Board under section 41(2)(b), 42, 50, 57, 64 or 92 of, or Schedule 7 to, the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006,F1F2F3F4F5F6

(bb)works or worked as a person performing services under a contract entered into by him with a Health Board under section 17J or 17Q of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,F1F7F8

(c)works or worked as a person providing services in accordance with arrangements made—F1F9

(i)by NHS England under section 126 of the National Health Service Act 2006, orLocal Health Board under section 71 or 80 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, orF1F10F3F11F12F13

(ii)by a Health Board under section 2C, 17AA, 17C, . . . 25, 26 or 27 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, orF1F14F15

(cb)is or was provided with work experience provided pursuant to a course of education or training approved by, or under arrangements with, the Nursing and Midwifery Council in accordance with article 15(6)(a) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/253), orF1F16

(d)is or was provided with work experience provided pursuant to a training course or programme or with training for employment (or with both) otherwise than—F1

(i)under a contract of employment, orF1

(ii)by an educational establishment on a course run by that establishment;F1

and any reference to a worker’s contract, to employment or to a worker being “ employed ” shall be construed accordingly.

(2)For the purposes of this Part “ employer ” includes—F1

(a)in relation to a worker falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the person who substantially determines or determined the terms on which he is or was engaged,F1

(aa)in relation to a worker falling within paragraph (ba) of that subsection, NHS England, or the Local Health Board referred to in that paragraph,F1F17F18F3

(ab)in relation to a worker falling within paragraph (bb) of that subsection, the Health Board referred to in that paragraph,F1F19

(b)in relation to a worker falling within paragraph (c) of that subsection, NHS England or the board referred to in that paragraph, andF1F20

(c)in relation to a worker falling within paragraph (cb) or (d) of that subsection, the person providing the work experience or training.F1F21

(3)In this section “ educational establishment ” includes any university, college, school or other educational establishment.F1

(4)The Secretary of State may by order make amendments to this section as to what individuals count as “ workers ” for the purposes of this Part (despite not being within the definition in section 230(3)).F1F22

(5)An order under subsection (4) may not make an amendment that has the effect of removing a category of individual unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that there are no longer any individuals in that category.F22F1

Notes

  1. F1

    Pt. IVA (ss. 43A-43L) inserted (2.7.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 2.7.1999) by 1998 c. 23, s. 1; S.I. 1999/1547, art. 2

  2. F2

    S. 43K(1)(ba) inserted (1.4.2004 for E.W.) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 184, 199(1)(4), Sch. 11 para. 65(2); S.I. 2004/288, art. 5(2)(x) (with transitional provision in art. 7(11)) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866, S.I. 2004/1009 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 4(2)(bb) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345)

  3. F3

    Words in s. 43K substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

  4. F4

    Words in s. 43K(1)(ba) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 2, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 178(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

  5. F5

    Words in s. 43K(1)(ba) substituted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 20(2)(a), 103(2) (with s. 24(6))

  6. F6

    Words in s. 43K(1)(ba) substituted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 20(2)(b), 103(2) (with s. 24(6))

  7. F7

    S. 43K(1)(bb) inserted (1.4.2004) by The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957), art. 2, Sch. para. 8(a)(i)

  8. F8

    Words in s. 43K(1)(bb) inserted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 20(3), 103(2) (with s. 24(6))

  9. F9

    Words in s. 43K(1)(c) substituted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 20(4)(a), 103(2) (with s. 24(6))

  10. F10

    Words in s. 43K(1)(c)(i) inserted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), s. 2(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 63; S.I. 2002/2478, arts. 2(1), 3(1)

  11. F11

    Words in s. 43K(1)(c)(i) inserted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 2, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 178(b)(i) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

  12. F12

    Words in s. 43K(1)(c)(i) substituted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 3, Sch. {para. 27(2)}

  13. F13

    Words in s. 43K(1)(c)(i) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 2, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 178(b)(ii) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

  14. F14

    Words in s. 43K(1)(c)(ii) inserted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 20(4)(b), 103(2) (with s. 24(6))

  15. F15

    Word in s. 43K(1)(c)(ii) repealed (1.4.2004) by The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957), art. 2, Sch. para. 8(a)(iii)

  16. F16

    S. 43K(1)(cb) inserted (6.4.2015) by The Protected Disclosures (Extension of Meaning of Worker) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/491), arts. 1, 2(2)

  17. F17

    S. 43K(2)(aa) inserted (1.4.2004 for E.W.) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 184, 199(1)(4), Sch. 11 para. 65(3); S.I. 2004/288, art. 5(2)(x) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866, S.I. 2004/1009 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 4(2)(bb) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345)

  18. F18

    Words in s. 43K(2)(aa) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 73(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

  19. F19

    S. 43K(2)(ab) inserted (1.4.2004) by The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957), art. 2, Sch. para. 8(b)

  20. F20

    Words in s. 43K(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 5; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

  21. F21

    Words in s. 43K(2)(c) inserted (6.4.2015) by The Protected Disclosures (Extension of Meaning of Worker) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/491), arts. 1, 2(3)

  22. F22

    S. 43K(4)(5) inserted (25.4.2013 for specified purposes) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 20(7), 103(1)(i)(2) (with s. 24(6))

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