Section 49A — Application to police of section 44 and related provisions.
Extent: E+W+S
This version in force from 2005-04-07
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) [F1 For the purposes of section 44, and of sections 48 and 49 so far as relating to that section, the holding, otherwise than under a contract of employment, of the office of constable or an appointment as police cadet shall be treated as employment by the relevant officer under a contract of employment.]
(2) [F1 [F2 In this section “ the relevant officer ”, in relation to— ]]
(a) [F1 [F2 a person holding the office of constable, or]]
(b) [F1 [F2 a person holding an appointment as a police cadet,]]
[F1 [F2 means the person who under section 51A of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 is to be treated as his employer for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act. ]]
Amendment notes
- F1 S. 49A and crossheading inserted (1.7.1998) by 1997 c. 42, s. 3; S.I. 1998/1542, art. 2
- F2 S. 49A(2) substituted (7.4.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 158(2)(a)(3), 178