2 Employees to be covered.
1
For the purposes of this Act the term “employee” means an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer whether by way of manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, whether such contract is expressed or implied, oral or in writing.
2
This Act shall not require an employer to insure—
a
in respect of an employee of whom the employer is the husband, wife,F1civil partner, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, step-father, step-mother, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister; or
b
except as otherwise provided by regulations, in respect of employees not ordinarily resident in Great Britain.