Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) by inserting the following after the definition of "business":
"'contract of employment' means -
(a) a contract of service or apprenticeship, and
(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 and references to 'contract' shall be construed accordingly;",
(b) by substituting the following for the definition of "employee":
"'employee' means a person of 16 years and upwards who has entered into or works under (or, where the employment has ceased, entered into or worked under) a contract of employment and references, in relation to an employer
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