Sex Offenders Act, 2001
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PART 4 Provision of Information for Employment Purposes | ||
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Interpretation (Part 4). |
25.—(1) In this Part— | |
“child” means a person who is less than 18 years of age; | ||
“contract of employment” means— | ||
(a) a contract of service or apprenticeship, or | ||
(b) any other contract whereby an individual agrees with another person, who is carrying on the business of an employment agency within the meaning of the Employment Agency Act, 1971 , and is acting in the course of that business, to do or perform personally any work or service for a third person (whether or not the third person is a party to the contract), | ||
whether the contract is express or implied and if express, whether it is oral or in writing; | ||
“mentally impaired” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5 of the Act of 1993; | ||
“State work or a service” means work done or a service performed by a person who— | ||
(a) holds office under, or is otherwise in the service of the State (including as a civil servant, within the meaning of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956 ), | ||
(b) is a member of the Garda Síochána or the Defence Forces, | ||
(c) is an officer or servant of a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941 , or | ||
(d) is an officer or servant of a harbour authority, health board or vocational education committee. | ||
(2) In this Part a reference to a person applying to another person includes a reference to the person applying to another person without that other's having requested or solicited the making of the application. |