2(1)Section 11 (aid of one police force by another) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (2), for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate Minister or Ministers ” and after “he” insert “ or they ”.
(3)In subsection (4), for “Secretary of State” substitute “ appropriate Ministers ”.
(4)After that subsection insert—
“(5)This section shall apply in relation to the Strategic Rail Authority and the British Transport Police Force as it applies to a police authority and a police force respectively.
(6)In subsection (2) “appropriate Minister or Ministers” means—
(a)in relation to a direction given to the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force, the Secretary of State, and
(b)in any other case, the Scottish Ministers.
(7)In subsection (4) “appropriate Ministers” means—
(a)where the police authorities concerned include the Strategic Rail Authority, the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, and
(b)in any other case, the Scottish Ministers.”