Police Officers (Central Service) Act 1989
1989 CHAPTER 11
An Act to amend the enactments relating to central service on police duties.
[3rd July 1989]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
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2 Amendment of section 38 of Police (Scotland) Act 1967.
(1) M1 The following subsections shall be inserted after section 38(3) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 —
“ (3A) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, a person engaged on central service shall continue to be a constable and shall be treated for the purposes of sections 17 and 43 of this Act as if he were a constable of his police force.
(3B) The Secretary of State shall be liable in reparation in respect of any wrongful act or omission on the part of any constable engaged on central service in the performance or purported performance of his functions in like manner as a master is liable in respect of a wrongful act or omission on the part of his servant in the course of the servant’s employment. ”
(2) Section 38 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 shall be deemed always to have had effect as amended by subsection (1) above.
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4 Citation and extent.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Police Officers (Central Service) Act 1989.
(2) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
F3 SCHEDULE
Section 3.
Repeals
| 1964 c. 48. | Police Act 1964. | In section 43(5), the words “or with the Police Complaints Authority”. |
| 1984 c. 60. | Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. | In Schedule 6, paragraph 16. |
| 1986 c. 32. | Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986. | Section 24(5A). |
| 1988 c. 33. | Criminal Justice Act 1988. | Section 98(2). |
| In Schedule 5, paragraph 13. |