# The Railways (Penalty Fares) Regulations 2018, Regulation 10: Collectors

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A collector must be in possession of that collector’s identification when performing the functions conferred on collectors by these Regulations.
(2) A collector’s identification must contain the information specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
(3) Where a collector requires a person to do anything under these Regulations, that collector must, if the person concerned so requests, produce the collector’s identification.
(4) A collector—
(a) who fails to comply with paragraph (1) or (3); or
(b) whose identification does not comply with paragraph (2),
has no authority to require a person to do anything, or to charge a penalty fare, under these Regulations.
(5) A collector may only charge a penalty fare under regulation 5(1) to a person who is travelling by, present on or leaving a train if the collector has been authorised to charge a penalty fare by the operator of that train.
(6) A person present in or leaving a compulsory ticket area, other than as a result of leaving a train that arrived at that compulsory ticket area, may only be charged a penalty fare under regulation 5(1) by a collector, if the collector has been authorised to charge a penalty fare by the operator of—
(a) the station of which the compulsory ticket area forms part; or
(b) any train that arrives at, or departs from, the compulsory ticket area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/366/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railways-penalty-fares-regulations-2018/regulation-10
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