# Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, Section 31: Jurisdiction


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/20/section/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/section-31
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