Transport Act 2000

219 Power to make bye-laws. E+W+S

(1) The Authority may make bye-laws regulating—

(a) the use and working of railway assets,

(b) travel on or by means of railway assets,

(c) the maintenance of order on railway assets, and

(d) the conduct of persons while on railway assets.

(2) The Authority may, in particular, make bye-laws—

(a) with respect to tickets issued for entry on railway assets or travel by railway and the evasion of payment of fares or other charges,

(b) with respect to interference with, or obstruction of, the working of any railway or any railway asset or the provision of any railway service,

(c) prohibiting or restricting the smoking of tobacco in railway carriages and elsewhere,

(d) with respect to the prevention of nuisance,

(e) with respect to the receipt and delivery of goods, and

(f) for regulating the passage of bicycles and other vehicles on footways and other premises intended for the use of those on foot.

(3) Schedule 20 makes further provision about bye-laws under this section.

(4) For the purposes of this section and that Schedule “railway assets” includes rolling stock other than trains (as well as what is specified in section 6(2) of the M1 Railways Act 1993); and “operator”, in relation to such rolling stock, means the person having management of the rolling stock for the time being.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 219 wholly in force at 1.2.2001, see s. 275(1)(2) and S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to the transitional provision and saving in Sch. 2 Pt. II)

Marginal Citations

M1 1993 c. 43.