{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/section-17.json",
  "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/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Extent",
  "text": "This Part shall extend ... to—\n(a) England and Wales, and\n(b) Scotland, and\n(c) Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 17 omitted (29.7.2016) by virtue of The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/645), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(a) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 17(c) and word inserted (29.7.2016) by The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/645), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(b) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 5.7.2004 by S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/20/section/17",
    "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."
}