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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/section-1",
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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": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Meaning of “railway” and “railway property”",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“railway” means a railway or tramway within the meaning given by section 67 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), and\n“railway property” means anything which falls within the definition of “light maintenance depot”, “network”, “rolling stock”, “station” or “track” in section 83 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43), or which falls within the equivalent of any those definitions in relation to a tramway.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(3) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 54(3), 115(3)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 17.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/1991, art. 2(1)(2)(i)"
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  "provenance": {
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:20.260952+00:00"
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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."
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