s 35 Liability for unlawful conduct
(1) For the purposes of determining liability for the unlawful conduct of members of the police support staff— (a) a member of the police support staff must be treated as an employee of the Chief Constable in relation to conduct in reliance or purported reliance on a designation under section 30 or 30A ; (b) conduct by a member of the police support staff in reliance or purported reliance on a designation under section 30 or 30A must be taken to be conduct in the course of that employment; (c) in the case of a tort, the Chief Constable accordingly falls to be treated as a joint tortfeasor. (2) For the purposes of determining liability for the unlawful conduct of employees of a contractor, conduct by such an employee in reliance or purported reliance on a designation under section 31 must be taken to be conduct in the course of his employment by the contractor; and, in the case of a tort, the contractor accordingly falls to be treated as a joint tortfeasor. (3) In subsection (2) “ contractor ” means a person who has entered into a contract with the Board such as is mentioned in section 31(1).