Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003

The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003^[1]
Dates
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
Royal assent	10 July 2003
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

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

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)
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

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

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

United Kingdom legislation

Pre-Parliamentary legislation	List of English statutes Charter of Liberties Magna Carta

Acts of Parliament by states preceding the Kingdom of Great Britain	Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483 1485–1601 1603–1641 Interregnum (1642–1660) 1660–1699 1700–1706 Acts of the Parliament of Scotland

Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain	1707–1719 1720–1739 1740–1759 1760–1779 1780–1800

Acts of the Parliament of Ireland	to 1700 1701–1800

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Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

Legislation of devolved institutions	Acts of the Scottish Parliament List Acts and Measures of the National Assembly for Wales List Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly List Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland List Orders in Council for Northern Ireland List

Orders-in-Council	Order in Council

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