15.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the holding, otherwise than under a contract of employment, of the office of constable or an appointment as a police cadet shall be treated as employment, under a contract of employment, by the relevant officer.
(2) In this regulation “the relevant officer” means –
(a)in relation to a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland or the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve, the Chief Constable;
(b) in relation to a person holding office under section 9(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997(1) (police members of the National Criminal Intelligence Service), the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service; and
(c)in relation to any other person holding the office of constable or an appointment as a police cadet, the person who has the direction and control of the body of constables or cadets in question.