SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1U.K.The ICRIR, the Commissioners and ICRIR officers

PART 5U.K.ICRIR officers

Liability for unlawful conductU.K.

20(1)The ICRIR may, in such cases and to such extent as appear to the ICRIR to be appropriate, pay—

(a)any damages, or any costs or, in Scotland, expenses, awarded against an ICRIR officer in proceedings for any unlawful conduct of that ICRIR officer;

(b)any costs or, in Scotland, expenses incurred and not recovered by an ICRIR officer in such proceedings; and

(c)any sum required in connection with the settlement of a claim that has or might have given rise to such proceedings.

(2)The ICRIR may make arrangements for the legal representation of any ICRIR officer in any proceedings mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).

(3)The Employer’s Liability (Defective Equipment and Compulsory Insurance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/963 (N.I. 6)), and any provision under the law of England and Wales or Scotland that has a corresponding effect, does not require insurance to be effected by the ICRIR.

(4)The ICRIR is liable for the unlawful conduct of a person which occurs when the person is acting, or purporting to act, as a seconded ICRIR officer in the same manner as an employer is liable in respect of unlawful conduct of employees in the course of their employment.

(5)If the unlawful conduct is a tort, the ICRIR is accordingly to be treated as a joint tortfeasor.