Railway Heritage Act 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1996 c. 42 |
| Year | 1996 |
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .any company which was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of the Board;any publicly owned railway company;any company which was formerly a publicly owned railway company;the F4Secretary of State;any company which is wholly owned by the F5Secretary of State;any franchisee; andany franchise operator.(2) The Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory instrument, modify subsection (1) by adding a body or a description of body to the list of bodies to which this Act applies.(3) Before making an order under subsection (2) , the Secretary of State must consult the bodies that appear to him to be the ones that will become bodies to which this Act applies on the coming into force of the order.(4) A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to designate those records or artefacts, or those classes or descriptions of record or artefact, which in the opinion of the F10Board of Trustees are of sufficient interest to warrant preservation; andto notify every body to which this Act applies of the records or artefacts, or the classes or descriptions of record or artefact, so designated.(2) The function conferred by paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above includes power to revoke or amend designations previously made; and paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be construed accordingly.(3) Subject to subsection (4) below, references in this section to records or artefacts are references to records kept, or artefacts made, for purposes connected with railways.(4) References in this section to records do not include references to records which are public records within the meaning of the (1) Where a body to which this Act applies proposes to dispose of a designated record or artefact to any person to any extent, it shall give notice to the F11Board of Trustees containing details of the proposed disposal.(2) If the F11Board of Trustees is content both with the person to whom the record or artefact is proposed to be disposed of and with the terms of the proposed disposal (including any terms relating to payment) , it shall consent to the disposal.(3) If the F11Board of Trustees is content with that person but not with those terms, it shall give directions to the body with respect to the terms (including any terms relating to payment) on which the body may offer to dispose of the record or artefact to that person to the extent proposed.specifying the person or persons to whom the body may offer to dispose of the record or artefact to the extent proposed and, where there are two or more such persons, specifying the order in which the offers must be made; andwith respect to the terms (including any terms relating to payment) on which the body must make the offer or offers.(5) In subsections (2) to (4) above “terms relating to payment” includes terms as to the basis on which the amount or terms of payment are to be settled.at the time of the disposal, the body has not been notified of the designation;the disposal is made in accordance with a transfer scheme under F2the Transport Act 2000 F8or the Railways Act 2005; orthe disposal is not so made but is a disposal to another body to which this Act applies;
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