58.—(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 1964(1); and
(b)“the British Transport Police Force” means the force organised under the British Transport Police Scheme 1963(2).
The British Transport Police Scheme 1963 is contained in the Schedule to the British Transport Police Force Scheme 1963 (Approval) Order 1964 (S.I. 1964/1456). The scheme was subsequently amended by the British Transport Police Force Scheme 1963 (Amendment) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/364) and continues in force, as if made under section 132 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43), by virtue of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 10 to that Act. The scheme was subsequently further amended by the British Transport Police Force Scheme 1963 (Amendment) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/609) and the text of the scheme, as amended, is set out in the Schedule to that Order.