Section 70 Transport police constables.C2
England, Wales and Scotland
On and after the vesting date a Board may dismiss a constable who is employed by them (whether or not appointed after the vesting date) and, accordingly, in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of the section for references to the Commission there shall, as regards such a constable employed by a Board (or two or more Boards jointly), be substituted a reference to that Board (or those Boards), and for the reference at the end of the said paragraph (c) to the authority by whom a constable was dismissed or by whom a constable’s resignation is accepted there shall, in the case of a constable dismissed by the Commission, or whose resignation was accepted by the Commission, be substituted—
during the interim period, a reference to the Railways Board, and
thereafter, a reference to any of the Boards acting jointly or separately in pursuance of a scheme under section sixty-nine of this Act.
On and after the vesting date references in any statutory provision or other document to a constable appointed or employed by the Commission shall be taken as a reference to a constable employed by any of the Boards and acting under the said section fifty-three.
In this section “ the interim period ” means the period referred to in subsection (9) of section sixty-nine of this Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 70(1)–(5) repealed (S.) by British Railways Order Confirmation Act 1980 (c. xxviii), Sch. para. 4
- F2
S. 70(1)–(4) repealed (E.W.) by British Railways Act 1978 (c. xxi), ss. 25(6), 30, Sch. 4
- F3
S. 70(7) repealed (S.) by British Railways Order Confirmation Act 1980 (c. xxviii), Sch. para. 4
Modifications
- C1
S. 70(5)–(7) amended (E.W.) by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), s. 67(2), Sch. 4 paras. 9(5), 10(3)(4)
- C2
Power to modify s. 70 conferred by Transport Act 1978 (c. 73), Sch. 16 para. 5(4)