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File:The British Transport Police (Police Services Agreement) Order 2004 (UKSI 2004-1522).pdf
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.
The purposes of the Act [2] include:- the creation of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch; the replacement of the Rail Regulator by a Regulatory Board, the Office of Rail Regulation. the creation of a police authority for the British Transport Police (BTP)
National law enforcement bodies, including the National Crime Agency and national police forces that have a specific, non-regional jurisdiction, such as the British Transport Police. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 refers to these as 'special police forces', not including the NCA which is not a police force. In addition, there ...
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).
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Police Act 1996; Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997; Terrorism Act 2000; Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001; Police Reform Act 2002; Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003; Crime and Courts Act 2013; Licensing Act 2003; Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003; Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005; Serious Organised Crime and ...
Travel safe officers are fully vetted to level 2 standards and accredited by the British Transport Police. Officers can and will use the powers given to them which include taking details of offenders and enforcement (fixed penalty notice) which could also be removal of persons from a train or railway premises using reasonable force as a last ...