(1) In this Part -

"Act of 1998" means the Parental Leave Act 1998;

"Act of 2015" means the Workplace Relations Act 2015;

"adjudication officer" means a person appointed under section 40 of the Act of 2015;

"approved remote working arrangement" means a remote working arrangement, the request for which has been approved under section 21(1)(b)(i);

"code of practice" means, in relation to a provision of this Part, any code of practice for the time being standing approved in accordance with Part 4;

"Commission" means the Workplace Relations Commission;

"continuous employment" includes employment completed by an employee under 2 or more continuous fixed-term contracts with the same employer;

"contract of employment" means, subject to subsection (2) -

(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 another person (whether or not that other person is a party to the contract);