Section 46 — British Transport Police: cross-border public authorities
This version in force from 2016-05-23
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) The following are cross-border public authorities for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”)—
(a) the British Transport Police Authority;
(b) the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force;
(c) the deputy Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force;
(d) the assistant Chief Constables of the British Transport Police Force.
(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.
(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.