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Citation
  
2003 c 20

Royal assent
  
10 July 2003

Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003

Long title
  
An Act to make provision about railways, including tramways; to make provision about transport safety; and for connected purposes.

The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c 10) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

Purposes of the Act

The purposes of the Act include:-

  • the creation of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch
  • the replacement of the Rail Regulator by a Regulatory Board, the Office of Rail Regulation.
  • the creation of a Police Authority for the British Transport Police (BTP)
  • allowing the BTP to recruit Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) under the Police Reform Act 2002 which previously only extended to Territorial police forces
  • giving the BTP "statutory authority over the railway"
  • the introduction of alcohol limits on the crews of water-borne vessels and aircraft in line with those already existing for railway staff
  • other miscellaneous matters affecting railway, air and road transport

    • Extent

    The Act extends to the whole United Kingdom but with exceptions for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

    Repeals and Amendments

    Schedule 8 makes a number of amendments to other Acts but does not repeal any Acts entirely.

    References

    Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 Wikipedia
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