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Enforced by: ORR
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 1 of 8 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 7 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person1

Plus 7 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

Investigation of Railway Accidents

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14 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Meaning of “railway” and “railway property”

s.002 Meaning of railway accident” and railway incident”

s.003 Establishment

s.004 General aims

s.005 Assistance to others

s.006 Annual report

s.007 Investigations

s.008 Investigator’s powers

s.009 Regulations

s.010 Requirement to investigate

s.011 Accident regulations

s.012 Crown application

s.013 Regulations

s.014 Extent

Part 2

Office of Rail and Road

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4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.015 Establishment

s.015 Change of name

s.016 Transfer of functions

s.017 Extent

Part 3

British Transport Police

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62 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.018 The British Transport Police Authority

s.019 Exercise of functions

s.020 Establishment of Police Force

s.021 Chief Constable

s.022 Deputy Chief Constable

s.023 Assistant Chief Constables

s.024 Constables

s.025 Special constables

s.026 Cadets

s.027 Civilian employees

s.028 Exercise of powers by civilians

s.029 Terms of employment

s.030 Trade union membership

s.031 Jurisdiction

s.031 Exercise of powers and privileges in Scotland

s.031 Exercise of functions in relation to children under the Scottish age of criminal responsibility

s.032 Prosecution

s.033 Police services agreement

s.034 Compulsory police services agreement

s.035 Arbitration by Secretary of State

s.036 Police regulations: general

s.037 Police regulations: special constables

s.038 Police regulations: cadets

s.039 British Transport Police Federation

s.040 Regulations: approval in draft

s.041 Police regulations: direction to Authority

s.042 Police regulations by Secretary of State

s.043 Regulations: further appeal

s.044 Equipment regulations

s.045 Regulation of procedure and practice

s.046 Conditions of service: Transport Police Conference

s.047 Code of practice: Authority

s.048 Code of practice: Chief Constable

s.049 Service outside Police Force

s.050 Policing objectives: Authority

s.051 Policing objectives: Secretary of State

s.052 Railways policing plan

s.053 Performance targets

s.054 Performance directions

s.055 Three-year strategy plan

s.056 Reports by Chief Constable

s.057 Annual report by Authority

s.058 Other reports to Secretary of State

s.059 Statistics

s.060 Inquiry

s.061 Inquiry: supplemental

s.062 Public consultation

s.063 Inspection

s.064 Action after adverse inspection report

s.065 Remedial direction

s.066 Action plan

s.067 Senior appointment: delegation of function

s.068 Offences

s.069 Part III of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)

s.070 International assistance

s.071 Exercise of functions by Secretary of State

s.072 Crown application

s.073 Consequential, transitional and incidental provision

s.074 Regulations and orders

s.075 Interpretation

s.076 Index of defined expressions

s.077 Extent

Part 4

Shipping: Alcohol and Drugs

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14 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.078 Professional staff on duty

s.079 Professional staff off duty

s.080 Non-professionals

s.081 Prescribed limit

s.082 Penalty

s.083 Specimens, &c.

s.084 Detention pending arrival of police

s.085 Arrest without warrant

s.086 Right of entry

s.087 Consequential repeal

s.088 Orders and regulations

s.089 Interpretation

s.090 Crown application, &c.

s.091 Territorial application

Part 5

Aviation: Alcohol and Drugs

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s.100 Crown application

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.101 Military application

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.102 Territorial application

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

8 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.092 Being unfit for duty

s.093 Prescribed limit

s.094 Aviation functions

s.095 Penalty

s.096 Specimens, &c.

s.097 Arrest without warrant

s.098 Right of entry

s.099 Regulations

Part 6

Miscellaneous

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s.103 Convention on International Carriage by Rail

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.104 Office of Rail Regulation: general duties

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.106 Railway security services

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.107 Road traffic: testing for drink and drugs

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.109 Road traffic: fixed penalty

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.110 Seat belts: delivery drivers

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.111 Highways: snow and ice

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.113 Maritime security services

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.115 Railways in London: information

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.105 Railways safety levy

s.108 Traffic regulation on long distance routes

s.112 Shipping legislation: application to structures, craft, &c.

s.114 Railways in London: transfers

Part 7

General

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s.116 Schedules 1 and 4: sequestration, &c. in Scotland

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.117 Interpretation: enactment

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.118 Repeals

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.119 Money

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.120 Commencement

s.121 Extent

s.122 Short title

Schedules

8 of 110 shown

s.sch001 The Office may not borrow money. Regulated