126 Service in England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Chapter IV
The Prison Service

126  Service in England and Wales and Northern Ireland

(1)     The relevant employment legislation shall have effect as if an individual who as a member of the prison service acts in a capacity in which he has the powers or privileges of a constable were not, by virtue of his so having those powers or privileges, to be regarded as in police service for the purposes of any provision of that legislation.

(2)     In this section “the relevant employment legislation” means—

[(a)     the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and the Employment Rights Act 1996;]

[(b)     the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland)

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