Surreytraveller
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On the flip side of the coin, they also have less than they thinkYou’ll find ticket inspectors have more “jurisdiction” than you think.
On the flip side of the coin, they also have less than they thinkYou’ll find ticket inspectors have more “jurisdiction” than you think.
The right to detain the passenger under the Regulation of Railways Act applies only where the passenger has committed the "three fails" - failing to present a valid ticket, failing to pay for a new ticket, and failing to provide name and address.I'm in the same situation (British, but I travel on a foreign ID card as I'm a dual citizen and it's free for the ID card), and I asked a ticket inspector exactly this question last time I was in the UK. He said clearly that they would take the address given, and that would be that. He said that he had no means of verifying whether I was telling the truth or not, though he would normally ask to see an ID card or passport, but that there was no compulsion to actually carry one and so he couldn't demand it.
My understanding of the law is that they can theoretically ask for you to be detained until you can be put in front of the court, but that the police are almost certainly not going to get involved if the passenger is cooperating and gives an address. Incidentally, my ID card doesn't even have an address on it.
Hmmm just out of curiosity well if that is the case & they have not gotten any proof of ID how do they gain confidence they are chasing the correct person? Have slightly different scenario but equally if they don't hear back from which ever contact they were given - what do they do ?I'm in the same situation (British, but I travel on a foreign ID card as I'm a dual citizen and it's free for the ID card), and I asked a ticket inspector exactly this question last time I was in the UK. He said clearly that they would take the address given, and that would be that. He said that he had no means of verifying whether I was telling the truth or not, though he would normally ask to see an ID card or passport, but that there was no compulsion to actually carry one and so he couldn't demand it.
My understanding of the law is that they can theoretically ask for you to be detained until you can be put in front of the court, but that the police are almost certainly not going to get involved if the passenger is cooperating and gives an address. Incidentally, my ID card doesn't even have an address on it.
Hmmm just out of curiosity well if that is the case & they have not gotten any proof of ID how do they gain confidence they are chasing the correct person