3(1)In the [1962 c. 46.] Transport Act 1962, sections 69 (organisation of transport police), 70 (adaptation of certain references to, and relating to, transport police constables) and 71 (terms and conditions of employment of transport police) shall cease to have effect.
(2)Unless and until the Secretary of State by order revokes the British Transport Police Force Scheme 1963, that Scheme shall continue in force and shall be treated as if it had been made under section 132 of this Act; but the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Board and with—
(a)persons to whom the Board is for the time being making available the services of transport police, or
(b)such bodies or persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of those persons as he may consider appropriate,
by order make such amendments in that Scheme as he thinks fit.
(3)In sub-paragraph (2) above, “the British Transport Police Force Scheme 1963” means the scheme for the organisation of transport police which is set out in the Second Schedule to the [S.I.1992/364.] British Transport Police Force Scheme 1963 (Amendment) Order 1992 (being an order amending that scheme as it was set out in the Schedule to the [S.I.1964/1456.] British Transport Police Force Scheme 1963 (Approval) Order 1964).