PART IVOPERATION OF TRANSIT SYSTEM

Power to contract for police services58

1

Agreements may be made—

a

between the undertaker and the chief officer of police of any police force and the police authority, or

b

between the undertaker and the Strategic Rail Authority,

for making available to the undertaker for the purposes of the operation of its transit system undertaking the services of members of the police force or, as the case may be, members of the British Transport Police Force on such terms as to payment or otherwise, and subject to such conditions, as the parties to them think fit.

2

In this article—

a

“chief officer of police”, “police authority” and “police force” have the same meaning as in the Police Act 196439; and

b

“the British Transport Police Force” means the force organised under the British Transport Police Scheme 196340.