(1) In this Part and Schedule 5 -

"appropriate person", in relation to the making of a protected disclosure, means the Bank, an officer or employee of the Bank or an authorised officer;

"contract of employment" means a contract of employment or of service or of apprenticeship, whether the contract is express or implied and, if express, whether it is oral or in writing;

"employee" means a person who has entered into or works under (or, where the employment has ceased, entered into or worked under) a contract of employment and references, in relation to an employer, to an employee shall be construed as references to an employee employed by that employer;