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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/20",
  "legislation_title": "Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/18",
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  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Procedural arrangements made by the Office under paragraph 8 shall include arrangements under which a member, employee or committee-member who has a financial or other personal interest which is likely to influence his performance of a particular function is obliged—\n(a) to declare the interest, and\n(b) to withdraw from the performance of the function to the relevant extent.\n(2) Procedural arrangements made by the Office under paragraph 8 shall include arrangements under which a member, employee or committee-member who has a financial or other personal interest which is relevant to a particular function but does not fall under sub-paragraph (1) is obliged—\n(a) to declare the interest, and\n(b) unless the members of the Office direct otherwise, to withdraw from the performance of the function to the relevant extent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 18 in force at 5.7.2004 by S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(f)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/20/schedule/1/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:20.260952+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}