Policing and Crime Act 2009

5 For section 25B substitute—

“25B Police services agreements

(1) There must be a police services agreement in force in relation to a relevant aerodrome at any time when an aerodrome security plan containing policing measures is in force in relation to the aerodrome.

(2) The requirement in subsection (1) does not apply during the period of 3 months beginning with the day when the first aerodrome security plan for the aerodrome is agreed by the members of the security executive group for the aerodrome.

(3) A police services agreement is an agreement between the relevant persons which specifies—

(a) the level of policing to be provided for the aerodrome in accordance with section 26(2A) during the period for which the agreement is in force,

(b) whether any payments are to be made by the manager of the aerodrome in connection with that policing and, if so, the amount of the payments or the manner in which their amount is to be assessed, and

(c) the accommodation and facilities (if any) that are to be provided by the manager in connection with that policing.

(4) The relevant persons are—

(a) the manager of the aerodrome,

(b) the police authority for the relevant police area, and

(c) the chief officer of police for that area.

(5) If the Secretary of State so requests, the manager of a relevant aerodrome must supply the Secretary of State with a copy of any police services agreement which is in force in relation to the aerodrome.

(6) In this section, “policing measures”, in relation to an aerodrome security plan, means the security measures specified in the plan as the measures to be taken by the chief officer of police for the relevant police area.

25C Police services agreements: duration etc.

(1) A police services agreement must specify the period for which it is to be in force.

(2) In the case of the first police services agreement for the aerodrome, the period specified must—

(a) begin on the day when the requirement in section 25B(1) first applies in relation to the aerodrome, and

(b) end on either the 31 March next following that day or on any subsequent 31 March specified in the plan.

(3) In the case of any subsequent police services agreement other than one to which subsection (5) applies, the period specified must—

(a) begin on 1 April, and

(b) end on either the 31 March next following that day or on any subsequent 31 March specified in the plan.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if—

(a) there is a period during which an aerodrome security plan in force in relation to the aerodrome contains no policing measures (and, accordingly, the requirement in section 25B(1) does not apply in relation to the aerodrome), but

(b) the plan is varied to include such measures.

(5) The first police services agreement following the variation must—

(a) begin on the day when the variation comes into effect (and, accordingly, the requirement in section 25B(1) again applies in relation to the aerodrome), and

(b) end on either the 31 March next following that day or on any subsequent 31 March specified in the plan.

(6) If there is a dispute about the policing of a relevant aerodrome which relates to a police services agreement which is not in force, the Secretary of State may direct that the agreement is to come into force at the beginning of a day other than that specified in subsection (2)(a), (3)(a) or (5)(a).

25D Review and variation of police services agreements

The relevant persons—

(a) must keep a police services agreement under review, and

(b) may vary it.

25E Discharge of functions of relevant persons in relation to police services agreements

(1) In determining the terms of a police services agreement, and in exercising their functions under section 25D, the relevant persons must, in particular, have regard to the matters specified in subsection (2).

(2) Those matters are—

(a) any aerodrome security plan which specifies that policing measures are to be taken in relation to the aerodrome during the whole or any part of the period for which the police services agreement will be in force,

(b) any information given to the relevant persons by the security executive group for the aerodrome which is relevant to the police services agreement,

(c) the extent, if any, to which the costs incurred by the police authority in connection with the policing provided for the aerodrome are, or are likely to be, met by any person other than the manager of the aerodrome, and

(d) any guidance given by the Secretary of State which is relevant to the discharge by the relevant persons of their functions in relation to police services agreements.

(3) A chief officer of police may authorise another person to exercise any of the officer’s functions under this Part in relation to police services agreements.

(4) In this section, “policing measures” has the same meaning as in section 25B.”