Regulation 7 Special occupations

After Part 14 (Due dates), insert—

“PART 15

Special occupations

Police members appointed other than under a contract of employment

51.

(1)

For the purposes of Part 1 of the Act, a police member who does not hold an appointment under a worker’s contract is to be treated as if they were a worker employed by the SPSA under a worker’s contract.

(2)

In this regulation—

• “police member” means a person—

  1. (a)

     referred to in paragraph 7(2)(c) of Schedule 2 to the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006^f1 who is appointed as a police member of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency in accordance with paragraph 7(1) of that Schedule; or

  2. (b)

     who serves as a member of staff of the SPSA by virtue of paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 1 to that Act; and

• “the SPSA” means the Scottish Police Services Authority.

Persons working on vessels

52.

The relevant provisions^f2 apply, without modification, in relation to a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship as if such a person were a worker for the purposes of those provisions.”.