Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003

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The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003^[1] is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament

Contents 1 Purposes of the Act 2 Extent 3 Repeals and Amendments 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Purposes of the Act

The purposes of the Act^[2] 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)
• 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

[edit] Extent

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

[edit] Repeals and Amendments

Schedule 8^[3] makes a number of amendments to other Acts but does not repeal any Acts entirely.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database

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