{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/section-64",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-transport-safety-act-2003/section-64.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/64",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Action after adverse inspection report",
  "text": "(1) Sections 65 and 66 apply where a report of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary states that the Police Force is inefficient or ineffective—\n(a) generally, or\n(b) in a specified respect.\n(2) Sections 65 and 66 also apply where a report of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary states that the Police Force is likely, unless remedial measures are taken, to become inefficient or ineffective—\n(a) generally, or\n(b) in a specified respect.\n(3) In the application of this section in relation to Scotland a reference to Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary shall be treated as a reference to inspectors of constabulary appointed under section 71(2) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 64(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 41(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 64 in force at 1.7.2004 by S.I. 2004/1572, art. 3(uu)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/20/section/64",
    "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."
}