Application to particular categories of organisation
11Application to Crown bodies
1
An organisation that is a servant or agent of the Crown is not immune from prosecution under this Act for that reason.
2
For the purposes of this Act—
a
a department or other body listed in Schedule 1, or
b
a corporation that is a servant or agent of the Crown,
is to be treated as owing whatever duties of care it would owe if it were a corporation that was not a servant or agent of the Crown.
3
For the purposes of section 2—
a
a person who is—
i
employed by or under the Crown for the purposes of a department or other body listed in Schedule 1, or
ii
employed by a person whose staff constitute a body listed in that Schedule,
is to be treated as employed by that department or body;
b
any premises occupied for the purposes of—
i
a department or other body listed in Schedule 1, or
ii
a person whose staff constitute a body listed in that Schedule,
are to be treated as occupied by that department or body.
4
For the purposes of sections 2 to 7 anything done purportedly by a department or other body listed in Schedule 1, although in law by the Crown or by the holder of a particular office, is to be treated as done by the department or other body itself.
5
Subsections (3)(a)(i), (3)(b)(i) and (4) apply in relation to a Northern Ireland department as they apply in relation to a department or other body listed in Schedule 1.