Regulation L2 Persons to whom Part L applies
Subject to paragraph (4), this Part applies to a person employed in a relevant employment if he—
sustains an injury, or
contracts a disease,
as a result of anything he was required to do in carrying out his work.
“Relevant employment” is employment, otherwise than as a teacher, with a body specified in Part I of Schedule 3 or in Part II of that Schedule or the predecessor of such a body, and for the purposes of this Part a police cadet appointed under section 8 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967f1 shall be deemed to be in employment with the police authority who maintain the police force with which he is undergoing training.
A person is to be treated for the purpose of paragraph (1) as having sustained an injury as mentioned in that paragraph if—
he sustains the injury while travelling by vehicle as a passenger with the express or implied permission of his employer to or from his place of work, and
at the time of the injury the vehicle was being operated, otherwise than in the course of a public transport service, by or on behalf of his employer or pursuant to arrangements made by his employer.
This Part does not apply where the injury or disease is one in respect of which the person is entitled to an injury award under a scheme made in accordance with section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947f2 or is entitled to injury benefits under Regulations made in accordance with section 27 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.
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