# Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003, Section 35: Liability for unlawful conduct

Extent: N.I.

(1) For the purposes of determining liability for the unlawful conduct of members of the police support staff—
(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 ;
(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;
(c) in the case of a tort, the Chief Constable accordingly falls to be treated as a joint tortfeasor.
(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.
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/6/section/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/section-35
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