The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) Order 1998

PART III INTERPRETATION

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

• “disposal”, in relation to property, includes the granting of an interest in or right over it;

• “employee” means a person employed under a contract of service;

• “financial or business affairs” includes contemplated, as well as past or current, activities;

• “labour relations matter” means—

  (a)

  any of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 218 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992(1) (meaning of a trade dispute, within the meaning of that Act); or

  (b)

  any dispute about a matter falling within paragraph (a) above;

  and for the purposes of this definition the enactments mentioned in paragraph (a) above, with the necessary modifications, shall apply in relation to office-holders under the Authority as they apply in relation to employees of the Authority;

• “office-holder”, in relation to the Authority, means the holder of any paid office appointments to which are or may be made or confirmed by the Authority or by any person who holds any such office or is an employee of the Authority;

• “protected informant” means a person giving the Authority information which tends to show that—

  (a)

  a criminal offence,

  (b)

  a breach of statutory duty, or

  (c)

  a nuisance,

  has been, is being or is about to be committed;

• “registered”, in relation to information required to be registered under the Building Societies Act 1986, means recorded in the public file of any Building Society (within the meaning of that Act).

(2) Any reference in this Schedule to “the Authority” includes a committee or sub-committee in relation to whose proceedings or documents the question whether information is exempt or not falls to be determined and includes a reference—

(a) in the case of a committee, to the Authority; and

(b) in the case of a sub-committee, to the committee, or any of the committees, of which it is a sub-committee.

(1)

1992 c. 52.