This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Penalty Fares issued by TfL'.
 
 
 
Course 
notes 
Day 10 
Revenue 
Control 
Inspector 
2010 
 
 

 
 

Operational Learning 
 
Session Objectives: 

•   Demonstrate the correct procedure for completing ‘A’ and ‘B’ type files. 
•  State which file needs to be used for each case. 
Materials needed: 
•  RCI Law Books 
•  Smith and Keenan's English Law 
•  RRA 1889 and Bylaws 
•  Case Studies folder byelaws/answers 
•  Police and criminal Evidence Act 1984 
 
Group work 
 
Flip chart work 
 
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Summary 
09:00  
 
09:45  
 
10:30 
 
 

10:45  
 
12:30  
 
13:30  
 
15:30  
 
16:00  
 

 

Operational Learning 
 
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09:00 
Case studies 
Case studies 
Delegates to identify the RRA & Byelaws used. 
 
Discuss with delegates the outcomes of their task providing feedback from the trainer’s case study book. 
 
TASK 
Choose a job that you have done in the last few days.  Write a statement using the MG11 forms. 
 
Hand it to the trainer when you have finished. 
Trainer to check statement against notebook highlights any errors made. 
 
State today’s objectives 
•  Demonstrate the correct procedure for completing ‘A’ and ‘B’ type files. 
•  State which file needs to be used for each case. 
 
Slide 2 
 
Break 
 
Task 
 
continue with statements 
 
 
Law book 1 
We produce statements for a prosecution.  A prosecution is the instituting of criminal proceedings in the Courts.  
 
 
Unless an Act of Parliament says otherwise, in England anyone can prosecute anyone for an offence.  Exceptions 
 
include murder, offences with political overtones and specialist health and safety offences.   
 
 
(Because anyone can prosecute, TfL can process prosecutions where all or part of the fare avoided was TOC’s 
 

 

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and vice versa.) 
 
 
TfL, LU has an internal ‘Assurance Prosecutions’ (AP) department to handle the processing of reported travel 
 
fraud cases.  The prosecutions department are responsible for the private prosecutions of customers committing 
 
fare evasion or byelaw offences, managing the LU Penalty Fare process, collecting payments for penalty fares, 
 
claim costs and compensation awarded by Magistrate Courts, small claims in the County Courts for unpaid debts 
 
in favour of London Underground. 
 
The prosecutions department are responsible for the private prosecutions of: 
•  customers committing fare evasion or byelaw offences,  
•  managing the LU Penalty Fare process,  
• collecting 
payments 
for penalty fares, 
•  claim costs and compensation awarded by Magistrate Courts, small claims in the County Courts for unpaid 
Slide 4 
debts in favour of London Underground  
 
 
 
 
The following decisions can be made on case papers:  
•  To prosecute the defendant 
• No 
further 
action 
•  To send the defendant a formal warning letter. This applies   to youth files aged 18-20.  An administration 
charge is asked for  
Slide 5 
•  To send the defendant an administration charge letter 
 
 
 
Timescale 
Files should be submitted to AP no later than 3 weeks from the date of offence or the completion of an 
investigation  
 
 
  
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Lunch 

 

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Oyster product reports 
RCI’s must provide any supporting evidence relating to journeys made with a withdrawn Oystercard (TOM printout 
or OCTA report) and also provide information on any device used to read a ticket i.e. MOVie, HHU. (See page 40, 
Book 2). 
Failure to comply will create a number of issues for the prosecution as the critical data has not been available to 
disprove the customer’s claims made in litigation and the business has nothing to support our claim of fare 
evasion and intent to avoid payment and/or multiple journeys etc before the Magistrate.  
 
TRIM Presentation 
Introduce the TRIM and allow them to explain OCTA reports. 
 
Exhibits and Exhibit bags 
Revenue Inspectors should ensure that all exhibits are referred to within statements.  The desired method is to 
state “I produce as exhibit AB01, the described Freedom Pass which I placed in bag number 123456 and sealed.”  
Any additional exhibits would follow on i.e. ABO2, photocard in bag number 123457 etc. Property seized which are 
not used as exhibits must be included on MG6C as unused material. 
The bag will have the following information – 
CASE NUMBER                                FILE REF 
DATE                                                 DATE EXHIBITED 
PASSENGER NAME                        CUSTOMER NAME 
RPI NUMBER                                    BADGE NUMBER 
COMMENTS                                      NOT USED 
Place the exhibit in the bag and seal. The exhibit should be placed in the bag so the contents can be easily read 

 

Operational Learning 
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without opening the bag. There should be one exhibit per bag only. 
 
Break 
Task 
•  Send half of delegates to 1st floor soft seating area 
o  Brief delegates that they are RCIs (confirm location etc..) 
•  Other delegates are customers give them a ticket/oyster 
o  Customers be co-operative but not too much ie:admit pass/ticket is not theirs 
 
•  Once completed check notebook entry 
•  swap over  
 
16:00 
End of Day 10 
Live learning  Day 11 
•  Advise the class as to where and at what time the class is to meet and the location of the exercise. 
•  Advise the delegates attire must be smart civilian clothes. 
•  Divide the group into pairs. They will be appointed an RCI to shadow on the day. 
•  Inform them that under no circumstances should they interfere with a job that an RCI is doing  
They are to stand nearby but not directly involve themselves with the conversation. I.e. stand by the inspector or 
around the customer. Discretion is needed, questions can be asked after the 
 
 
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