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(1)The following provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) shall apply in relation to the Police Force as they apply in relation to other police forces—
(a)section 38 (police powers for police authority employees),
(b)section 39 (police powers for contracted-out staff),
(c)section 42 (supplementary),
(d)section 45 (code of practice),
(e)section 46 (offences),
(f)section 47 (interpretation), and
(g)Schedule 4 (powers exercisable by civilians).
(2)For the purpose of subsection (1) the provisions specified in that subsection shall have effect with any necessary modifications and, in particular—
(a)the provisions shall have effect as if a reference to a police force were a reference to the Police Force,
(b)the provisions shall have effect as if a reference to the chief officer of police of a police force were a reference to the Chief Constable,
(c)the provisions shall have effect as if a reference to a police authority were a reference to the Authority,
(d)the provisions shall have effect as if a reference to a constable were a reference to a constable of the Police Force,
(e)section 45 shall have effect, except in relation to a code which is expressed to apply for the purposes of that section in its application both by virtue of this section and otherwise, as if for subsection (3) there were substituted a requirement to consult the Authority and the Chief Constable, and
(f)Schedule 4 shall have effect as if a reference to the relevant police area or a police area were a reference to—
(i)any place in England or Wales where a constable of the Police Force has powers by virtue of section 31(1)(a) to (f) of this Act, and
(ii)for a purpose connected to a railway or to anything occurring on or in relation to a railway, any place in England and Wales.
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