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A penalty notice issued by local authority parking attendants is a civil penalty backed with powers to obtain payment by civil action and is defined as a penalty charge notice (PCN), distinguishing it from other FPNs which are often backed with a power of criminal prosecution if the penalty is not paid; in the latter case the "fixed penalty" is ...
An Act to empower the charging of a penalty fare for persons using passenger transport services under the control of the British Railways Board without a valid ticket for such use; and for related purposes. Citation: 1989 c. xvii: Dates; Royal assent: 16 November 1989: Text of statute as originally enacted
Private British railway companies employed detectives and police almost from the outset of passenger services in 1826. These companies were unified into four in 1923 then into a single nationalised company in 1947 by the Transport Act, which also created the British Transport Commission (BTC).
Revenue protection inspector (RPI) or revenue protection officer (RPO) is the job title given to staff who patrol different forms of public transport issuing penalty fares to passengers who travel without a valid ticket or without the correct ticket (e.g. travelling where the ticket is not valid or a commuter using a concession ticket without possessing appropriate evidence of entitlement to ...
The British Transport Police Authority is the police authority that oversees the British Transport Police.A police authority is a governmental body in the United Kingdom that defines strategic plans for a police force and provides accountability [1] so that the police function "efficiently and effectively", [2] and the British Transport Police patrol the railways in England, Wales, and Scotland.
Stop and search in an authorised area under the Terrorism Act 2000 if authorised and supervised by a police officer; A PCSO of the British Transport Police on duty at Newport railway station. Certain additional powers which may be assigned to PCSOs by the chief constable (or commissioner in London), but which vary from force to force, include: [58]
Metropolitan Police officers, 1979 Met officers, alongside British Transport Police on 'mutual aid', at a G20 protest in 2009. Armed DPG police officers. Downing Street gates, 2014. The Metropolitan Police Service includes full-time, paid officers known as 'regulars', and part-time, voluntary officers from the Metropolitan Special Constabulary ...
Turnstile jumping in the Moscow Metro. Fare evasion or fare dodging [1] is the act of travel without payment on public transit. When considered problematic, it is mitigated by revenue protection officers and ticket barriers, staffed or automatic, are in place to ensure only those with valid tickets may access the transport.