Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012

Police staff appointed under contract for services

13 (1) A contract for services entered into by a police authority or a joint police board for the purposes of section 9(1)(b) of the 1967 Act has effect on and after the appointed day as if originally entered into by the Scottish Police Authority.

(2) Accordingly, any individual who, immediately before the appointed day, is appointed by a police authority or a joint police board under section 9(1)(b) of the 1967 Act is, on and after the appointed day, to be treated as having been provided to the Scottish Police Authority in accordance with arrangements made by virtue of section 26(2)(b).

(3) The rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the police authority or the joint police board under or in connection with the contract for services are by virtue of this paragraph transferred to the Scottish Police Authority on the appointed day.

(4) Anything done before the appointed day by or in relation to the police authority or the joint police board in respect of the contract for services or an individual falling with sub-paragraph (2) is to be treated on and after that day as having been done by or in relation to the Scottish Police Authority.