New clause 4 - Protected disclosures by police officers
Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]
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'(1) After Article 67K of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I.16) insert—
''67KA Application of Part VA and related provisions to police
(1) Paragraph (2) applies for the purposes of—
(a) this Part,
(b) Article 70B and Articles 71 and 72 so far as relating to that Article, and
(c) Article 134A and the other provisions of Part XI so far as they relate to the right not to be unfairly dismissed in a case where the dismissal is unfair by virtue of Article 134A.
(2) A person who holds, otherwise than under a contract of employment, the office of constable as a police officer shall be treated as an employee employed by the Chief Constable under a contract of employment, and any reference to a worker being ''employed'' and to his ''employer'' shall be construed accordingly.''
(2) In Article 243(1) of that Order (provisions which do not apply to persons engaged in police service under a contract of employment)—
(a) omit the words ''Part VA,'';
(b) after ''Articles 132'' insert '', 134A'';
(c) after ''Article 132'' insert ''or 134A''.
(3) Article 16 of the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1763 (N.I. 17)) (exclusion of police service from provisions about protected disclosures) shall cease to have effect.
(4) Subsections (1) to (3) come into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order.'.—[Jane Kennedy.]
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