Search Legislation

Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003

Status:

This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

General

87Consequential repeal

Section 117 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) (drunkenness on duty) shall cease to have effect.

88Orders and regulations

(1)An order or regulations under this Part may—

(a)make transitional, supplemental and incidental provision;

(b)make provision generally or for specified purposes only;

(c)make different provision for different purposes.

(2)The power under section 84(3)(c) for the Secretary of State to designate a class of person includes a power for him to designate—

(a)himself, or

(b)one or more persons employed in his Department.

(3)An order or regulations under this Part shall be made by statutory instrument.

(4)Regulations under this Part shall not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

(5)An order under section 84(3)(c) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(6)Before making regulations under section 81(2) the Secretary of State shall consult such organisations as he thinks fit.

89Interpretation

(1)In this Part—

(a)“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation, and

(b)a reference to the navigation of a vessel includes a reference to the control or direction, or participation in the control or direction, of the course of a vessel.

(2)Section 313 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) (interpretation) shall apply to the following expressions used in this Part—

(a)fishing vessel,

(b)foreign ship,

(c)harbour authority,

(d)master,

(e)registered,

(f)seaman,

(g)United Kingdom ship, and

(h)United Kingdom waters.

(3)In this Part “pilot” has the meaning given by section 31(1) of the Pilotage Act 1987 (c. 21) (interpretation).

(4)Regulations under section 267(4)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (power to define “accident” for the purposes of provisions about marine accident investigations) shall, so far as is practicable, apply to the word “accident” as used in relation to this Part.

(5)In this Part “drug” includes any intoxicant other than alcohol.

90Crown application, &c.

(1)This Part shall not apply to a member of Her Majesty’s naval forces, military forces or air forces, within the meaning given by section 225(1) of the Army Act 1955 (c. 18), while acting in the course of his duties.

(2)Subject to subsection (1), this Part shall apply to a person in the service of the Crown.

(3)But section 84 shall not have effect in relation to a ship which—

(a)is being used for a purpose of Her Majesty’s forces, or

(b)forms part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service.

(4)This Part shall not apply to—

(a)a member of a visiting force, within the meaning which that expression has in section 3 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (c. 67) by virtue of section 12(1) of that Act, while acting in the course of his duties, or

(b)a member of a civilian component of a visiting force, within that meaning, while acting in the course of his duties.

91Territorial application

(1)This Part shall have effect in relation to—

(a)United Kingdom ships,

(b)foreign ships in United Kingdom waters, and

(c)un-registered ships in United Kingdom waters.

(2)Section 86 shall not extend to Scotland.

(3)Subsection (2) does not affect any rule of law or enactment concerning the right of a constable in Scotland to board a ship or enter any place for any purpose.

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

You have chosen to open The Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act as a PDF

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

Close

Legislation is available in different versions:

Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.

Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.

Close

See additional information alongside the content

Show Explanatory Notes for Sections: Displays relevant parts of the explanatory notes interweaved within the legislation content.

Close

Opening Options

Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once

Close

Explanatory Notes

Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources
Close

More Resources

Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • correction slips

Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:

  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • links to related legislation and further information resources