Prescribed offices, etc.
2.—(1) The offices, ranks and positions listed in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order (being offices, ranks or positions with the relevant public authorities in column 1) are prescribed for the purposes of section 8(1) of the 2000 Act.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where an office, rank or position with a relevant public authority is listed in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order, all more senior offices, ranks or positions with that authority are also prescribed.
(3) Where an office, rank or position with a relevant public authority is described in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order by reference to an agency, unit, branch, division or other part of that authority, the reference in paragraph (2) to all more senior offices, ranks or positions with that public authority is a reference to all more senior offices, ranks or positions in that agency, unit, branch, division or part.