{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/6",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Liability for unlawful conduct",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of determining liability for the unlawful conduct of members of the police support staff—\n(a) a member of the police support staff must be treated as an employee of the Chief Constable in relation to conduct in reliance or purported reliance on a designation under section 30 or 30A ;\n(b) conduct by a member of the police support staff in reliance or purported reliance on a designation under section 30 or 30A must be taken to be conduct in the course of that employment;\n(c) in the case of a tort, the Chief Constable accordingly falls to be treated as a joint tortfeasor.\n(2) For the purposes of determining liability for the unlawful conduct of employees of a contractor, conduct by such an employee in reliance or purported reliance on a designation under section 31 must be taken to be conduct in the course of his employment by the contractor; and, in the case of a tort, the contractor accordingly falls to be treated as a joint tortfeasor.\n(3) In subsection (2) “contractor” means a person who has entered into a contract with the Board such as is mentioned in section 31(1).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 35(1)(a)(b) inserted (22.4.2007) by The Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1(3), 7(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/6/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:35.196237+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}