Section 134A | Application to police. ^F1

(1)For the purposes of section 100, and of the other provisions of this Part so far as relating to the right not to be unfairly dismissed in a case where the dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 100, the holding, otherwise than under a contract of employment, of the office of constable or an appointment as police cadet shall be treated as employment by the relevant officer under a contract of employment.^F1

(2)In this section “ the relevant officer ”, in relation to—^F1F2

(a)a person holding the office of constable, or^F1F2

(b)a person holding an appointment as a police cadet,^F1F2

means the person who under section 51A of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 is to be treated as his employer for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act.

(3)Subsection (1) does not apply to the holding of the office of constable by a member of a police force on secondment to the National Crime Agency.^F1F3F4