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Contract Includes Any Contract Subject Wholly Or In Part To The Provisions Of The Service

Act, Service Contract Act, McNamara-O'Hara Act, or Service Contract Act of 1965 shall mean the Service Contract Act of 1965 as amended by Public Law 92-473, 86 Stat. 789, effective October 9, 1972, Public Law 93-57, 87 Stat. 140, effective July 6, 1973, and Public Law 94-489, 90 Stat. 2358, effective October 13, 1976 and any subsequent amendments thereto. (b) Secretary includes the Secretary of Labor, the Deputy Under Secretary for Employment Standards, and their authorized representatives.(c) Wage and Hour Division means the organizational unit in the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor to which is assigned the performance of functions of the Secretary under the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended. (d) Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, or authorized representative.

(e) Contract includes any contract subject wholly or in part to the provisions of the Service Contract Act of 1965 as amended, and any subcontract of any tier thereunder. (See Secs. 4.10-4.134.) (f) Contractor includes a subcontractor whose subcontract is subject
to provisions of the Act. Also, the term employer means, and is used interchangeably with, the terms contractorand subcontractor in various sections in this part. The U.S. Government, its agencies, and instrumentalities are not contractors, subcontractors,
employers or joint employers for purposes of compliance with the provisions of the Act.
(g) Affiliate or affiliated person includes a spouse, child, parent, or other close relative of the contractor or subcontractor; a partner or officer of the contractor or subcontractor; a corporation closely connected with a contractor or subcontractor as a parent, subsidiary, or
otherwise; and an officer or agent of such corporation. An affiliation is also deemed to exist where, directly or indirectly, one business concern or individual controls or has the power to control the other or where a third party controls or has the power to control both.

(h) Wage determination includes any determination of minimum wage rates or fringe benefits made pursuant to the provisions of sections 2(a) and/or 4(c) of the Act for application to the employment in a locality of any class or classes of service employees in the performance of any contract in excess of $2,500 which is subject to the provisions
of the Service Contract Act of 1965.