The British Transport Police Force Scheme 1963 (Amendment) Order 1992

3B.    REPORTS BY CHIEF CONSTABLE, ETC

(a) The chief constable shall, not later than 30 June each year, submit in writing to the Committee a general report on the activities of the Force during the twelve months ending on the previous 31st March.

(b) The chief constable shall, whenever so required by the Committee in writing, submit to the Committee a written report on such matters as may be specified in the requirement, being matters connected with the activities of the Force.

(c) Regulation 6 of the Prosecution of Offences Regulations 1978 (which provides that chief officers of police in England and Wales shall give to the Director of Public Prosecutions information with respect to certain offences) shall apply to the chief constable as if he were a chief constable of police within the meaning of the Police Act 1964.

(d) In relation to police matters arising in England and Wales, the chief constable shall have regard to any guidelines relevant to such matters which may be issued from time to time by the Home Secretary, as if he were a chief officer of police within the meaning of the Police Act 1964.

(e) In relation to police matters arising in Scotland, the chief constable shall comply or ensure compliance with any instructions, and have regard to any guidelines, relevant to such matters which may be issued from time to time by—

(i) the Lord Advocate;

(ii) the sheriff principal having jurisdiction in the place to which the matters in question relate; or

(iii) the appropriate prosecutor in relation to the investigation of offences in that place,

as if he were a chief constable or, as the case may be, the chief constable of the police force within whose area the sheriff principal has jurisdiction, within the meaning of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 or the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.