Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 ^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about railways, including tramways; to make provision about transport safety; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2003 c. 20
Dates
Royal assent	10 July 2003
Other legislation
Amended by	Railways Act 2005 Police and Justice Act 2006 Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 Deregulation Act 2015 Policing and Crime Act 2017
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 ^[1] (c. 20) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

• Provisions
• Extent
• Repeals and amendments
• See also
• References
• External links

Provisions

The purposes of the act ^[2] include:

• the creation of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch ^[3]
• the replacement of the Rail Regulator by an independent regulator funded by the government rather than the rail industry, the Office of Rail Regulation. ^[4]
• the creation of a police authority for the British Transport Police (BTP) ^[5]
• allowing the BTP to recruit police community support officers (PCSO) under the Police Reform Act 2002 which previously only extended to territorial police forces ^[6]
• 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 ^[7]
• other miscellaneous matters affecting railway, air and road transport

The act facilitated the transfer of the London Underground to Transport for London. ^[8]

Extent

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

Repeals and amendments

Schedule 8 ^[9] makes a number of amendments to other acts but does not repeal any acts entirely.

See also

• Railways Act

References

External links

• The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, as amended from the National Archives.
• The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
• Explanatory notes to the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.