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1. Interpretation

(1) In this Act -

"agreement" means a collective agreement, an employment regulation order or a registered employment agreement;

"break" means the interval during which a child or young person may not be permitted under this Act to work;

"child" means a person who has not reached the age of 16 years;

"collective agreement" means an agreement by or on behalf of an employer on the one hand, and by or on behalf of a trade union or trade unions representative of the employees to whom the agreement relates on the other hand;

"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 party to the contract), whether the contract is ex

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