
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st October 2002.
2 
The Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows—
(a) In regulation 2 (meaning of full-time worker, part-time worker and comparable full-time worker), for paragraph 3 substitute—“
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1), (2) and (4), the following shall be regarded as being employed under different types of contract—
(a) employees employed under a contract that is not a contract of apprenticeship;
(b) employees employed under a contract of apprenticeship;
(c) workers who are not employees;
(d) any other description of worker that it is reasonable for the employer to treat differently from other workers on the ground that workers of that description have a different type of contract.”.
(b) In regulation 8 (complaints to employment tribunals etc.)—
(i) omit paragraph (8); and
(ii) in paragraph (9), omit the words “(subject to paragraph (8))”.
Signed by Authority of the Secretary of State.
Alan Johnson,
Minister of State for Employment Relations, Industry and the Regions,Department of Trade and Industry
30th July 2002