The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013

Transitional provisions: arrangements with police forces in England and Wales and the Police Service of Northern Ireland

18.—(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) apply to any arrangement—

(a) made under section 98 of the 1996 Act(1) between a Scottish chief officer and an England and Wales chief officer; and

(b) subsisting immediately before the relevant day.

(2) An arrangement to which this sub-paragraph applies is to be treated, on and after the relevant day, as an arrangement made under section 98 of the 1996 Act between the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland and the England and Wales chief officer with whom the arrangement was made.

(3) Any constable of a police force in Scotland provided for the assistance of a police force in England and Wales 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 that force;

(b) to be under the direction and control of the chief officer 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.

(4) Any constable of a police force in England and Wales provided for the assistance of a police force in Scotland 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.

(5) Sub-paragraphs (6) to (8) apply to any arrangement—

(a) made under section 98 of the 1996 Act between a Scottish chief officer and the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and

(b) subsisting immediately before the relevant day.

(6) An arrangement to which this sub-paragraph applies is to be treated, on and after the relevant day, as an arrangement made under section 98 of the 1996 Act between the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland and the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

(7) Any constable of a police force in Scotland provided for the assistance of the Police Service of Northern Ireland 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 that Service;

(b) to be under the direction and control of the chief constable of that Service while providing such assistance; and

(c) to have all the powers and privileges of a constable of that Service for that purpose.

(8) Any constable of the Police Service for Northern Ireland provided for the assistance of a police force in Scotland 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.

(9) In this paragraph “England and Wales chief officer” means a chief officer of a police force maintained under the 1996 Act.

(1)

There are amendments to section 98 not relevant to this Order.