# The British Transport Police (Police Services Agreement) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/1522 · made 21 June 2004 · revised to 31 January 2022

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-police-police-services-agreement-order-2004/pdf/uksi_20041522_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-police-police-services-agreement-order-2004/pdf/uksiem_20041522_en.pdf

## Introductory text

TRANSPORT
Made 21st June 2004
Laid before Parliament 23rd June 2004
Coming into force 1st July 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 34(1) and 74(1) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 , and having consulted in accordance with section 34(5) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the British Transport Police (Police Services Agreement) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st July 2004.

## 2 Requirement to enter into a police services agreement

(1) A person—
(a) who provides railway services in respect of—
(i) a train used on a network for the purpose of carrying passengers;
(ii) a train used on a network for the purpose of carrying goods;
(iii) a light maintenance depot; or
(iv) a station, and
(b) who has been granted a licence pursuant to section 8 of the Railways Act 1993 authorising him to be the operator of the train, light maintenance depot or station in question, or who has been granted a railway undertaking licence pursuant to the Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 ..., in connection with the railway services in question or who holds a relevant European licence,
shall enter into a police services agreement.
(2) Network Rail, being a person who provides railway services in respect of a network, shall enter into a police services agreement.
(3) In this article “Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a private limited company whose registration number is 02904587 and whose registered address is 40 Melton Street, London NW1 2EE ....
(4) In this article “relevant European licence” has the meaning given in section 6(2) of the Railways Act 1993.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
1 This order requires a person described in article 2(1) and Network Rail Infrastructure Limited to enter into a police services agreement; (see section 33 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 which contains provisions about a police services agreement).
2 A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1522 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-transport-police-police-services-agreement-order-2004
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