Section 66 | Meaning of “employment” and related expressions

(1)In the benefits code—

(a)“employment” means a taxable employment under Part 2, and

(b)“employed”, “employee” and “employer” have corresponding meanings.

(2)Where a Chapter of the benefits code applies in relation to an employee—

(a)references in that Chapter to “the employment” are to the employment of that employee, and

(b)references in that Chapter to “the employer” are to the employer in respect of that employment.

(3)For the purposes of the benefits code an employment is a “taxable employment under Part 2” in a tax year if the earnings from the employment for that year are (or would be if there were any) general earnings to which the charging provisions of Chapter 4 or 5 of Part 2 apply.

(4)In subsection (3)—

(a)the reference to an employment includes employment as a director of a company, and

(b)“earnings” means earnings as defined in Chapter 1 of this Part.

(5)In the benefits code “lower-paid employment as a minister of religion” has the same meaning as in Part 4 (see section 290D).^F1