6 Provision and maintenance of buildings and equipment.N.I.
(1)The Board may provide and maintain buildings and equipment for police purposes.
(2)The Board may enter into arrangements with any other person for the maintenance, on such terms as the Board may determine, of equipment used by that person; and maintenance of equipment carried out in pursuance of any such arrangements shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as maintenance of equipment for police purposes.
(3)The powers of the Board under this section shall be exercised, on behalf of and in the name of the Board, by the Chief Constable.
(4)Nothing in this section confers power to acquire or hold land.
(5)The power conferred by this section to provide equipment is subject to any regulations under section 40 of the 1998 Act.
(6)The power conferred by this section to provide buildings or equipment includes power to enter into a contract with another person for the provision or making available of buildings or equipment together with any services relating to such buildings or equipment.