The Railways Regulations 1998

Offences outside the United Kingdom

30.—(1) For the purpose of determining whether a breach of the duty imposed by regulation 5 has occurred, it is immaterial that the relevant acts or omissions occurred outside the United Kingdom if, when they occurred, the person—

(a) was a United Kingdom national, or

(b) was a body incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, or

(c) was a person (other than a United Kingdom national or such a body) maintaining a place of business in the United Kingdom.

(2) In this regulation “United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—

(a) a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen;

(b) a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981(1) is a British subject, or

(c) a British protected person (within the meaning of that Act).

(1)

1981 c. 61.