Section 69B — Employment Relations Act 2000: Interpretation

69B Interpretation In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,— agreement means a contract or arrangement contracting in has the meaning set out in section 69C contracting out has the meaning set out in section 69C independent contractor means a person engaged to perform work under an agreement that is not an employment agreement new employer has the meaning set out in section 69D redundancy entitlements includes redundancy compensation restructuring — (a) means— (i) contracting out; or (ii) contracting in; or (iii) subsequent contracting; or (iv) selling or transferring an employer's business (or part of it) to another person; but (b) to avoid doubt, does not include,— (i) in the case of an employer that is a company, the sale or transfer of any or all of the shares in the company; or (ii) any contract, arrangement, sale, or transfer entered into, made, or concluded while the employer is adjudged bankrupt or in receivership or liquidation subcontractor — (a) means a person engaged by an independent contractor to perform work— (i) under an agreement that is not an employment agreement; and (ii) that the independent contractor has agreed to perform for another person; and (b) includes another person engaged by a subcontractor (within the meaning of paragraph (a) ) to perform the work or part of the work under an agreement that is not an employment agreement subsequent contracting has the meaning set out in section 69C work , in relation to work performed by an employee, includes part of the work performed by the employee. Part 6A (comprising sections 69A to 69O) was inserted, as from 1 December 2004, by section 30 Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86). See section 73 of that Act for the transitional provisions. Part 6A (comprising sections 69A to 69O) was substituted by a new Part 6A (comprising sections 69A to 69OL), as from 14 September 2006, by section 6 Employment Relations Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 41). See section 2(1)(a) of that Act as to subpart 2 of the new Part 6A of this Act (comprising sections 69OA to 69OG) coming into force as from 13 December 2006. See section 11 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.