SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Transport police and MoD police: further provisions
Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)
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1
Section 34 (power of superintendent for police area to designate cordoned area in the police area) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), for “subsection (2)” substitute “
subsections (1A), (1B) and (2)
”
.
3
After that subsection insert—
1A
A designation under section 33 may be made in relation to an area (outside Northern Ireland) which is in, on or in the vicinity of any policed premises by a member of the British Transport Police Force who is of at least the rank of superintendent.
1B
A designation under section 33 may be made by a member of the Ministry of Defence Police who is of at least the rank of superintendent in relation to an area outside or in Northern Ireland—
a
if it is a place to which subsection (2) of section 2 of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 (c. 4) applies,
b
if a request has been made under paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of subsection (3A) of that section in relation to a terrorist investigation and it is a place where he has the powers and privileges of a constable by virtue of that subsection as a result of the request, or
c
if a request has been made under paragraph (c) of that subsection in relation to a terrorist investigation and it is a place in, on or in the vicinity of policed premises.
1C
But a designation under section 33 may not be made by—
a
a member of the British Transport Police Force, or
b
a member of the Ministry of Defence Police,
in any other case.