(1)The following subsections shall be inserted after section 43(3) of the M1Police Act 1964 —
“(3A)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, a person engaged on central service shall continue to be a constable and shall be treated for the purposes of sections 19, 44, 47 and 52 of this Act as if he were a member of his police force.
(3B)The Secretary of State shall be liable in respect of torts committed by a person engaged on central service in the performance or purported performance of his functions in like manner as a master is liable in respect of torts committed by his servants in the course of their employment, and shall in respect of any such tort be treated for all purposes as a joint tortfeasor.
(3C)Where a member of a police force is, with the consent of the appropriate authority, engaged for a period as an adviser to the Secretary of State, he shall be treated as engaged on central service during that period.”
(2)Section 43 of the Police Act 1964 shall be deemed always to have had effect as amended by subsection (1) above.
(3)In subsection (5) of that section, the words “or with the Police Complaints Authority” shall cease to have effect.
(4)The references in that section, as amended by subsection (1) above, to sections 44 and 47 of that Act shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, for the purposes of those sections as they apply to Scotland.
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