The Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme Regulations 2004

Supplementary provisions relating to accreditations

8.—(1) A person who exercises any power in relation to any person in reliance on his accreditation under regulation 7, or who purports to do so, shall produce that accreditation to that person if requested to do so.

(2) A power exercisable by any person in reliance on his accreditation under regulation 7 shall be exercisable only by a person wearing such—

(a) uniform as may be—

(i) determined or approved for the purposes of these regulations by the chief constable; and

(ii) identified or described in the accreditation; and

(b) badge as may be specified from time to time for the purposes of this regulation by the Secretary of State, and worn in such manner, or in such place, as may be so specified.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) the chief constable may at any time, by giving notice to the accredited person, modify or withdraw an accreditation granted to any person under regulation 7.

(4) Any such notice given under paragraph (3) shall include reasons for the modification or withdrawal of the accreditation.

(5) Where the chief constable has modified or withdrawn an accreditation granted under regulation 7 he shall send a copy of the notice given under paragraph (3) to the employer responsible for supervising that person in the carrying out of the functions for the purposes of which the accreditation was granted.

(6) For the purposes of determining liability for the unlawful conduct of employees of an employer with whom the chief constable has made an arrangement referred to in regulation 7(1), conduct by such an employee in reliance or purported reliance on an accreditation under regulation 7 shall be taken to be conduct in the course of his employment by that employer and, in the case of a tort, that employer shall fall to be treated as a joint tortfeasor.