Article 24 Power to contract for police services

(1)

Agreements may be made–

(a)

between the undertaker and the chief officer of police of any police force and the police authority; or

(b)

between the undertaker and the British Railways Board,

for making available to the undertaker for the purposes of the operation of its tramway undertaking the services of members of the police force or, as the case may be, members of the British Transport Police Force.

(2)

Any such agreement may be made on such terms as to payment or otherwise, and subject to such conditions, as may be specified in the agreement.

(3)

Where such an agreement has been made between the undertaker and the British Railways Board, members of the British Transport Police Force may act, in accordance with the terms of the agreement, as constables in, on or in the vicinity of any tramway premises or other facilities used in connection with the authorised tramway notwithstanding the provisions of section 53(1) of the British Transport Commission Act 1949^f1 (which restricts them to acting in, on or in the vicinity of premises belonging to or leased to or worked by the British Railways Board etc.).

(4)

In this article–

(a)

“chief officer of police”, “police authority” and “police force” have the same meaning as in the Police Act 1964^f2;

(b)

the British Transport Police Force means the force organised under the scheme set out in the Schedule to the British Transport Police Scheme 1963 (Approval) Order 1964^f3 made under section 69 of the Transport Act 1962^f4; and

(c)

the reference to “tramway premises” is a reference to premises of the undertaker used for or in connection with the operation of the authorised tramway and includes a reference to the inside of a tramcar.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1949 c. xxix.
f2: 1964 c. 48.
f3: S.I. 1964/1456.
f4: 1962 c. 46.