{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/section-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/section-50.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/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Policing objectives: Authority",
  "text": "(1) Before the beginning of each financial year the Authority shall set objectives for policing the railways during that year.\n(2) The objectives—\n(a) may relate to a matter addressed by objectives set by the Secretary of State under section 51, and\n(b) must be consistent with those objectives.\n(3) In setting the objectives for a year the Authority shall—\n(a) consult the Chief Constable,and\n(b) have regard to opinions expressed in accordance with section 62,...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 50(3)(a) inserted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 326(a); S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 50(3)(c)and word omitted (22.11.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 326(b); S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 50 in force at 1.7.2004 by S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(gg)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/20/section/50",
    "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."
}