Transitional and saving provision: costs of policing at gas facilities
19.—(1) Any agreement made under section 13 of the 1967 Act(1) in relation to the provision of extra police services subsisting immediately before the date this Order comes into force is, on and after that date, to continue to subsist subject to sub-paragraph (2).
(2) On the date this Order comes into force any interest of the police authority or joint police board in any such agreement transfers to the Scottish Police Authority and any interest of the chief constable of the police force in any such agreement transfers to the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland.
(3) Despite paragraph 60(6) of Schedule 2 to this Order, on and after the date this Order comes into force, section 88 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008(2) continues to have effect, in relation to any agreement made under section 13 of the 1967 Act, as it had effect immediately before that date.
(4) In this paragraph—
“police force” means a police force maintained under the 1967 Act;
“extra police services” has the meaning given by section 86(2)(b) of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; and
“joint police board” and “police authority” mean a joint police board or police authority established under section 2(1) or 19(1) of the 1967 Act respectively.
Section 13 was amended by the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c.45), section 77(1) and extended by section 85(1) of that Act.