PART 15Special occupations

Police members appointed other than under a contract of employment51

1

For the purposes of Part 1 of the Act, a police member who does not hold an appointment under a worker’s contract is to be treated as if they were a worker employed by the SPSA under a worker’s contract.

2

In this regulation—

• “police member” means a person—

  1. a

     referred to in paragraph 7(2)(c) of Schedule 2 to the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 200621 who is appointed as a police member of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency in accordance with paragraph 7(1) of that Schedule; or

  2. b

     who serves as a member of staff of the SPSA by virtue of paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 1 to that Act; and

• “the SPSA” means the Scottish Police Services Authority.

Persons working on vessels52

The relevant provisions22 apply, without modification, in relation to a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship as if such a person were a worker for the purposes of those provisions.