{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/11",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "British Transport Police: cross-border public authorities",
  "text": "(1) The following are cross-border public authorities for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”)—\n(a) the British Transport Police Authority;\n(b) the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force;\n(c) the deputy Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force;\n(d) the assistant Chief Constables of the British Transport Police Force.\n(2) In relation to those cross-border public authorities the reference in section 88(3) of the 1998 Act to a pre-commencement enactment is to be read as a reference to the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.\n(3) Except as provided by subsection (2), the 1998 Act applies in relation to the cross-border public authorities mentioned in subsection (1) in the same way as it applies in relation to cross-border public authorities specified in an Order in Council under section 88(5) of the 1998 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 46 in force at 23.5.2016, see s. 72(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/11/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:22.624671+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}