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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003-commencement-no-3-order-2004/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1572",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003-commencement-no-3-order-2004",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2003 Act shall come into force on 1st July 2004—\n(a) section 18 (The British Transport Police Authority);\n(b) section 19 (Exercise of functions);\n(c) section 20 (Establishment of Police Force);\n(d) section 21 (Chief Constable);\n(e) section 22 (Deputy Chief Constable);\n(f) section 23 (Assistant Chief Constables);\n(g) section 24 (Constables);\n(h) section 25 (Special constables);\n(i) section 26 (Cadets);\n(j) section 27 (Civilian employees);\n(k) section 28 (Exercise of powers by civilians);\n(l) section 29 (Terms of employment);\n(m) section 30 (Trade union membership);\n(n) section 31 (Jurisdiction);\n(o) section 32 (Prosecution);\n(p) section 33 (Police services agreement);\n(q) sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 34 (Compulsory police services agreement);\n(r) section 35 (Arbitration by Secretary of State);\n(s) section 36 (Police regulations: general);\n(t) section 37 (Police regulations: special constables);\n(u) section 38 (Police regulations: cadets);\n(v) section 39 (British Transport Police Federation);\n(w) section 40 (Regulations: approval in draft);\n(x) section 41 (Police regulations: direction to Authority);\n(y) section 42 (Police regulations by Secretary of State);\n(z) section 43 (Regulations: further appeal);\n(aa) section 44 (Equipment regulations);\n(bb) section 45 (Regulation of procedure and practice);\n(cc) section 46 (Conditions of service: Transport Police Conference);\n(dd) section 47 (Code of practice: Authority);\n(ee) section 48 (Code of practice: Chief Constable);\n(ff) section 49 (Service outside Police Force);\n(gg) section 50 (Police objectives: Authority);\n(hh) section 51 (Police objectives: Secretary of State);\n(ii) section 52 (Railways policing plan);\n(jj) section 53 (Performance targets);\n(kk) section 54 (Performance directions);\n(ll) section 55 (Three-year strategy plan);\n(mm) section 56 (Reports by Chief Constable);\n(nn) section 57 (Annual report by Authority);\n(oo) section 58 (Other reports to Secretary of State);\n(pp) section 59 (Statistics);\n(qq) section 60 (Inquiry);\n(rr) section 61 (Inquiry: supplemental);\n(ss) section 62 (Public consultation);\n(tt) section 63 (Inspection);\n(uu) section 64 (Action after adverse inspection report);\n(vv) section 65 (Remedial direction);\n(ww) section 66 (Action plan);\n(xx) section 67 (Senior appointment: delegation of function);\n(yy) section 68 (Offences);\n(zz) section 69 (Part III of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53));\n(aaa) section 70 (International assistance);\n(bbb) section 71 (Exercise of functions by Secretary of State);\n(ccc) section 72 (Crown application);\n(ddd) section 73 (Consequential, transitional and incidental provision);\n(eee) section 75 (Interpretation);\n(fff) section 76 (Index of defined expressions);\n(ggg) section 77 (Extent);\n(hhh) section 118 (repeals) so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 8 brought into force by paragraph (kkk);\n(iii) Schedule 4 (British Transport Police Authority);\n(jjj) Schedule 5 (British Transport Police: Consequential Amendments);\n(kkk) In Schedule 8 (Repeals), the entries relating to the British Transport Commission Act 1949, sections 132 and 133 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Railways Act 1993, paragraphs 7 to 10 of Schedule 18 to the Transport Act 2000 and the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c.xxix."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2001 c. 24."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}