The Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme Regulations 2004
These Regulations, which are made under powers contained in the Police Reform Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”), empower the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force (“the Police Force”) to establish and maintain a railway safety accreditation scheme (“scheme”) in England and Wales. The scheme is modelled on the community safety accreditation schemes which, under section 40 of the 2002 Act, chief officers of Home Office police forces are permitted to establish and maintain. The purpose of the scheme is to accredit suitably skilled and trained non-police employees and grant them specific powers, which can be exercised within the jurisdiction of the Police Force. The scheme differs from community safety accreditation schemes for Home Office police forces only where this is necessary to meet the specific needs of the railways and the Police Force.