The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

[F1 [F2 Application of Part VA and related provisions to police N.I.

67KA— (1) Paragraph (2) applies for the purposes of—

(a) this Part,

(b) Article 70B and Articles 71 and 72 so far as relating to that Article, and

(c) Article 134A and the other provisions of Part XI so far as they relate to the right not to be unfairly dismissed in a case where the dismissal is unfair by virtue of Article 134A.

(2) A person who holds, otherwise than under a contract of employment, the office of constable shall be treated as an employee employed by the relevant officer under a contract of employment; and any reference to a worker being “employed” and to his “employer” shall be construed accordingly.

(3) In this Article “the relevant officer”

(a) in relation to a police officer, means the Chief Constable;

(b) F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) in relation to any other person holding the office of constable, means the person who has the direction and control of the body of constables in question.]]

F1 1998 NI 17

F2 2003 c. 6

F3 Art. 67KA(3)(b) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174(2), 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 90, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(bb) (with art. 4(2)-(7))