Part 1The Serious Organised Crime Agency
Chapter 3SOCA: Miscellaneous and supplementary
Application of discrimination legislation
I156Application of discrimination legislation to SOCA seconded staff
1
For the purposes of the provisions to which this subsection applies any constable or other person who has been seconded to SOCA to serve as a member of its staff shall be treated as being employed by SOCA as respects any act done by it in relation to that person.
2
Subsection (1) applies to—
a
Part 2 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65);
b
Part 2 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74);
c
Part II of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1042 (N.I. 15));
d
Part 2 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50);
e
Part II of the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/869 (N.I. 6)); and
f
the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 21)), except Part VII.
3
For the purposes of the provisions to which this subsection applies—
a
any constable or other person who has been seconded to SOCA to serve as a member of its staff shall be treated as being employed by SOCA (and as not being employed by any other person); and
b
anything done by such a person in the performance, or purported performance, of his functions as such a person shall be treated as done in the course of that employment.
4
Subsection (3) applies to—
a
section 41 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975;
b
section 32 of the Race Relations Act 1976;
c
Article 42 of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;
d
section 58 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
e
Article 32 of the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; and
f
Article 36 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998F1; and
g
section 74 of the Equality Act 2006.