Section 49A | Application to police of section 44 and related provisions. ^F1F2

(1)For the purposes of section 44, and of sections 48 and 49 so far as relating to that section, 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.^F2

(2)In this section “ the relevant officer ”, in relation to—^F2F3

(a)a person holding the office of constable, or^F2F3

(b)a person holding an appointment as a police cadet,^F2F3

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.