Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1999/1998 |
| Year | 1999 |
1999 No. 1998
TRANSPORTRAILWAYS
The Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999
Made 15th July 1999
Laid before Parliament 23th July 1999
Coming into force 13th August 1999
Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of the Railways Act 19931and instruments made under or by virtue of that Act to make such modifications of existing provisions as are set out in the following Order;
Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 143 and 153 of the Railways Act 19932, hereby makes the following Order:–
Title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 13th August 1999.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order–
“general railway services” means any service which consists of, or is comprised in, maintaining, modifying, repairing or hiring out rolling stock;
“goods”, “light maintenance depot”, “light maintenance services”, “network”, “railway passenger service”, “rolling stock” and “station” have the same meaning as in Part I of the Railways Act 19933
“relevant undertaking” means an undertaking which consists of or includes–
(a) the management or maintenance of a transferred network,
(b) the management of a station which is used in connection with the provision of services for the carriage of passengers on a transferred network,
(c) the management of a light maintenance depot which is used to provide light maintenance services for rolling stock used on a transferred network,
(d) the management of premises which are used to provide facilities for or in connection with the carriage of goods by railway on a transferred network or the unloading of goods carried or intended to be carried by railway on a transferred network, or
(e) the management of premises which are used to provide general railway services where the rolling stock concerned is used or intended for use on a transferred network;
“successor of the British Railways Board” means any person who carries on a relevant undertaking;
“transferred network” means a network which was transferred by virtue of a transfer scheme made under section 85 of the Railways Act 1993 from the British Railways Board and vested in the company formed and registered under the Companies Act 1985 and known, at the date of the vesting, as Railtrack PLC.
(2) A transferred network shall not cease to be such a network where it is modified by virtue of having any network or part of a network added to or removed from it.
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