assessmentmeans an assessment of an employer to the levy;
businessmeans any activities of industry or commerce;
emolumentsmeans all emoluments assessable to income tax under Schedule E of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (other than pensions), being emoluments from which tax under that Schedule is deductible, whether or not tax in fact falls to be deducted from any particular payment thereof;
labour-only agreementmeans any agreement or arrangement, either written or oral, not being a contract of service or apprenticeship, made between an employer and any other person or persons, the purpose of which is wholly or mainly the provision of services (including any incidental use of tools) of such person or persons or of any other person or persons to the employer in his trade or business;
leviable establishmentmeans, subject to paragraph (3) below—
noticemeans a notice in writing;
off site employeemeans an employee (including a person employed under a labour-only agreement) other than a site employee;
site employeemeans an employee (including a person employed under a labour-only agreement) the activities of whose employment take place wholly or mainly at a site where activities falling under paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1 to the industrial training order are carried on;
the base periodmeans the period of twelve months that commenced on 6th April 2000;
the Boardmeans the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board, formerly known as the Engineerng Industry Training Board;
the engineering construction industrymeans any one or more of the activities which are specified in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the industrial training order (but subject to paragraph 2 of that Schedule) as activities of the engineering construction industry;
the industrial training ordermeans the Industrial Training (Engineering Board) Order 1964;
the levymeans the levy imposed by the Board in respect of the levy period;
the levy periodmeans the period commencing with the day on which this Order comes into force and ending on 31st August 2001;