1(1)Section 53 of the [1949 c. xxix.] British Transport Commission Act 1949 (which makes provision in relation to transport police, including provision with respect to their appointment, dismissal and resignation) shall in its application to England and Wales be amended in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
(2)For subsection (1) of that section, other than the proviso, there shall be substituted—
“(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, any two justices may, on the application of the British Railways Board acting in pursuance of a scheme made by the Secretary of State under section 132 of the Railways Act 1993, appoint all or so many as they think fit of the persons recommended to them for that purpose by that Board acting as aforesaid to act as constables throughout England and Wales:”.
(3)In the proviso to that subsection, for the words “by any of the Boards” there shall be substituted the words “by—
(a)the British Railways Board; or
(b)any person who is a party to an agreement with that Board for making available to that person the services of constables so appointed.”