Legislation – Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003
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Part 3British Transport Police
Jurisdiction
31Jurisdiction
(1)
A constable of the Police Force shall have all the powers and privileges of a constable—
(a)
on track,
(b)
on network,
(c)
in a station,
(d)
in a light maintenance depot,
(e)
on other land used for purposes of or in relation to a railway,
(f)
on other land in which a person who provides railway services has a freehold or leasehold interest, and
(g)
throughout Great Britain for a purpose connected to a railway or to anything occurring on or in relation to a railway.
(2)
A constable of the Police Force may enter property which is or forms part of anything specified in subsection (3)—
(a)
without a warrant,
(b)
using reasonable force if necessary, and
(c)
whether or not an offence has been committed.
(3)
Those things are—
(a)
track,
(b)
a network,
(c)
a station,
(d)
a light maintenance depot, and
(e)
a railway vehicle.
(4)
In this section “powers” includes powers under an enactment whenever passed or made.