13.—(1) The State shall be liable for any injury, loss or damage caused in another Member State by members of a joint investigation team or a part of such a team in the performance of their functions as seconded members of the team or the part in accordance with the law of the Member State in which the team or the part is operating.

(2) The State shall reimburse another Member State in full in respect of any amount paid by that Member State to any person in respect of such injury, loss or damage as is referred to in subsection (1).

(3) Where in the performance of their functions as seconded members of a joint investigation team or a part of such a team operating in the State, injury, loss or damage is caused by the seconded members, the State shall be liable to pay compensation or damages or provide another appropriate remedy in respect of such injury, loss or damage in the same manner and to the same extent (if any) as it would be liable to pay compensation or damages or provide such a remedy in respect of that injury, loss or damage if it were caused by the members of the team or the part aforesaid in the performance of their functions as such members.

(4) Subsection (3) does not preclude the State from seeking reimbursement of any amount of compensation or damages it has paid or other loss it has incurred under that subsection from—

(a) the competent authority of the Member State that appointed the seconded members of the joint investigation team or the part of it concerned who caused the injury, loss or damage concerned, or

(b) persons, other than another Member State or its competent authority, who may be liable for the injury, loss or damage concerned.