S.L. 452.133 Art. 2Interpretation. 

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:–

"the Act" means the Employment and Industrial

Relations Act;

"assignment" means the period during which the temporary agency worker is placed at the user undertaking to work temporarily under its supervision, direction and control;

"outsourcing agency" means any natural person or a legal person whose objects include the carrying out of all the relevant activities as well as all activities ancillary or incidental thereto, but do not include objects which are not compatible with the services of an outsourcing agency, that enters into contracts of employment or employment relationships with employees and that assigns, whether on a regular or on an irregular basis, the employees to user undertakings to work there temporarily, by being physically present at the premises of the user undertaking or working remotely, under the supervision, direction and control of the outsourcing agency, or when the assignment is at the discretion of the outsourcing agency whether or not such activity is the main or ancillary activity of the outsourcing agency;

"temporary agency worker" means a worker who has entered into a contract of employment or an employment relationship with a temporary work agency and who is assigned, whether on a regular or on an irregular basis, to a user undertaking to work temporarily under its supervision, direction and control;

"temporary work agency" means any natural person or legal person whose objects include the carrying out of the relevant activities as well as all activities ancillary or incidental thereto, but do not include objects which are not compatible with the services of a temporary work agency, that enters into contracts of employment or employment relationships with temporary agency workers and that assigns, whether on a regular or on an irregular basis, the temporary agency workers to user undertakings to work there temporarily under their supervision, direction and control, whether or not such activity is the main or ancillary activity of the temporary work agency;

"user undertaking" means any natural or legal person for whom and under the supervision, direction and control of whom a temporary agency worker works temporarily.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (1), terms and expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.