SCHEDULE 3TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS

Transitional provisions: arrangements with British Transport Police Force14

1

Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply to any arrangement—

a

made under section 11 of the 1967 Act278 between the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force and the chief constable of a police force;

b

subsisting immediately before the relevant day; and

c

by virtue of which assistance is given from the resources of the British Transport Police Force to that police force.

2

An arrangement to which this sub-paragraph applies is to be treated, on and after the relevant day, as an arrangement made under article 5 of this Order between the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force and the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland.

3

Any constable of the British Transport Police Force provided for the assistance of a police force in pursuance of an arrangement to which this sub-paragraph applies—

a

is, on and after the relevant day, provided for the assistance of the Police Service of Scotland; and

b

while providing such assistance—

i

is under the direction and control of the chief constable of that Service; and

ii

has all the powers and privileges of a constable of that Service.

4

Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) apply to any arrangement—

a

made under section 11 of the 1967 Act between the chief constable of a police force and the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force;

b

subsisting immediately before the relevant day; and

c

by virtue of which assistance is given from the resources of that police force to the British Transport Police Force.

5

An arrangement to which this sub-paragraph applies is to be treated, on and after the relevant day, as an arrangement made under article 6 of this Order between the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland and the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force.

6

Any constable of a police force provided for the assistance of the British Transport Police Force in pursuance of an arrangement to which this sub-paragraph applies continues, on and after the relevant day—

a

to be provided for the assistance of the British Transport Police Force;

b

to be under the direction and control of the chief constable of that Force while providing such assistance; and

c

to have all the powers and privileges of a constable of that Force for that purpose.