(1) Subject to subsection (3), this Part applies to and in relation to ¾

(a) all public service officers and ministerial officers; and

(b) such other employees, or members of such other class of employees, as are or is prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(2) To the extent that this Part is inconsistent with any enactment which applies to ¾

(a) an employee; or

(b) a member of a class of employees,

prescribed under subsection (1) (b), this Part prevails.

(3) If the employing authority of an employee who is not a public service officer suspects that that employee has disobeyed or disregarded a direction which is by virtue of section 94 (4) a lawful order for the purposes of section 80 (a), that employee shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to be a public service officer, and proceedings may be taken accordingly under this Part against that employee for the suspected breach of discipline arising out of that disobedience or disregard.