1(1)Section 53 of the M1British Transport Commission Act 1949 (which makes provision in relation to transport police, including provision with respect to their appointment, dismissal and resignation) shall in its application to England and Wales be amended in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
(2)For subsection (1) of that section, other than the proviso, there shall be substituted—
“(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, any two justices may, on the application of the British Railways Board acting in pursuance of a scheme made by the Secretary of State under section 132 of the Railways Act 1993, appoint all or so many as they think fit of the persons recommended to them for that purpose by that Board acting as aforesaid to act as constables throughout England and Wales:”.
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 10 para. 1(3) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1994 c. 8, s. 2(2), (4), Sch.
Marginal Citations
2(1)The said section 53 shall in its application to Scotland be amended in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
(2)In subsection (1) of that section, for the definition of the approved scheme there shall be substituted—
““the approved scheme” means the scheme in force for the organisation of the transport police made by the Secretary of State under section 132 of the Railways Act 1993;”.
(3)In subsection (4)(a), for the words “by any of the Boards or their wholly owned subsidiaries" there shall be substituted the words “by—
(i)any of the Boards or their wholly owned subsidiaries; or
(ii)any person who is a party to an agreement with the British Railways Board for making available to that person the services of constables so appointed.”