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.