Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, every employer carrying on any business in Great Britain shall insure, and maintain insurance, under one or more approved policies with an authorised insurer or insurers against liability for bodily injury or disease sustained by his employees, and arising out of and in the course of their employment in Great Britain in that business, but except in so far as regulations otherwise provide not including injury or disease suffered or contracted outside Great Britain.(2) Regulations may provide that the amount for which an employer is required by this Act to insure and maintain insurance shall, either generally or in such cases or classes of case as may be prescribed by the regulations, be limited in such manner as may be so prescribed.“approved policy” means a policy of insurance not subject to any conditions or exceptions prohibited for those purposes by regulations;a person who has permission under F27 Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect and carry out contracts of insurance of a kind required by this Act and regulations made under this Act, oran EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule to effect and carry out contracts of insurance of a kind required by this Act and regulations made under this Act;“business” includes a trade or profession, and includes any activity carried on by a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;except as otherwise provided by regulations, an employer not having a place of business in Great Britain shall be deemed not to carry on business there.section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;any relevant order under that section; andSchedule 2 to that Act.(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.in respect of an employee of whom the employer is the husband, wife,F20civil partner, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, step-father, step-mother, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister; orexcept as otherwise provided by regulations, in respect of employees not ordinarily resident in Great Britain.any such authority as is mentioned in subsection (2) below; orany body corporate established by or under any enactment for the carrying on of any industry or part of an industry, or of any undertaking, under national ownership or control; orin relation to any such cases as may be specified in the regulations, any employer exempted by regulations.the Common Council of the City of London, . . . the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
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