Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Relevant Authorities and Relevant Persons) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st September 2006.

Relevant Authority and Relevant Persons: Environment Agency

2. —(1) The Environment Agency is to be a relevant authority for the purposes of sections 1( 2 ), 1B( 3 ), 1CA( 4 ) and 1E( 5 ) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in the cases and circumstances prescribed by paragraph (2).

(2) Those cases and circumstances are where a person has acted in an anti-social manner on, or in relation to, any land and the Environment Agency has a statutory function in relation to that land.

(3) The relevant persons in relation to the Environment Agency are—

(a) persons who are on, or likely to be on, the land referred to in paragraph (2); or

(b) persons who are in the vicinity of, or likely to be in the vicinity of, that land.

Relevant Authority and Relevant Persons: Transport for London

3. —(1) Transport for London is to be a relevant authority for the purposes of sections 1, 1B, 1CA and 1E of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in the cases and circumstances prescribed by paragraph (2).

(2) Those cases and circumstances are where a person has acted in an anti-social manner on, or in relation to, any land or vehicles used in connection with, or for the purposes of, the provision of a relevant transport service.

(3) The relevant persons in relation to Transport for London are—

(a) persons who are on, or likely to be on, any of the land or vehicles referred to in paragraph (2); or

(b) persons who are in the vicinity of, or likely to be in the vicinity of, such land or vehicles.

(4) In this article—

(a) the references to Transport for London are references to the body established by section 154 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999( 6 ) (“the 1999 Act”); and

(b) “relevant transport service” means a bus, tramway, river transport or train service provided by Transport for London or any of its subsidiaries, or by any other person, in pursuance of—

(i) an agreement entered into by Transport for London under section 156(2) or (3)(a) of the 1999 Act;

(ii) a transport subsidiary’s agreement within the meaning given by section 169 of the 1999 Act; or

(iii) an agreement which was entered into by London Regional Transport under section 3(2) or (2A)( 7 ) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984( 8 ) and which, by virtue of section 300 or section 415 of the 1999 Act, has effect as if made by Transport for London.