Railways Bill

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Railways Bill

This is the text of the Railways Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 7th July 1999.

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, are published separately as HC Bill 133- EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Secretary Prescott has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Railways Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.

Railways Bill

ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

PART I

STRATEGIC RAIL AUTHORITY

Authority

Clause

1. Authority.

2. Membership.

3. Chairing and chief executive.

4. Further provision.

Purposes, strategies and exercise of functions

5. Purposes.

6. Strategies.

7. Manner of exercise of functions.

Functions

8. Financial assistance etc.

9. Power to provide services.

10. Franchising.

11. Assumption of functions of Franchising Director.

12. Assumption of certain functions of Regulator.

13. Assumption of Board's functions relating to transport police.

14. Functions relating to Board's property.

15. Transfer schemes.

16. Incidental powers.

PART II

OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT RAILWAYS

Regulator and Secretary of State

17. Power of Regulator to require provision etc. of facilities.

18. Amendment of objectives.

Enforcement regime

19. Penalties.

20. Orders for securing compliance.

Closures

21. Transfer of Regulator's functions to Secretary of State.

22. Closure of track only serving unnecessary station or depot.

Miscellaneous

23. Consultative committees.

24. Winding down and abolition of Board.

25. Pension guarantees.

26. Stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax.

PART III

SUPPLEMENTARY AND GENERAL

Devolution

27. Scotland and Wales: grants etc.

28. Scotland: directions and guidance.

Supplementary

29. Consequential amendments.

30. Transitional provisions and savings and repeals.

General

31. Interpretation.

32. Commencement.

33. Financial provision.

34. Short title and extent.

SCHEDULES:

    Schedule 1 - Strategic Rail Authority.

    Part I - Members and staff.

    Part II - Funding.

    Part III - Information.

    Part IV - Procedure.

    Part V - Consequential amendments.

    Schedule 2 - Financial assistance.

    Part I - Limits on power to make payments.

    Part II - Transfer of property, rights and liabilities.

    Schedule 3 - Transfer to Authority of Franchising Director's functions.

    Schedule 4 - Transfers to Authority from Regulator.

    Part I - Functions relating to licences.

    Part II - Other functions.

    Part III - Associated property, rights and liabilities.

    Schedule 5 - Transfer to Authority of Board's functions relating to transport police.

    Part I - Functions.

    Part II - Associated property, rights and liabilities.

    Schedule 6 - Transfer to Authority of Board's property etc.

    Schedule 7 - Transfer schemes by Authority.

    Schedule 8 - Minor and consequential amendments.

    Schedule 9 - Transitional provisions and savings.

    Schedule 10 - Repeals.

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Prepared 7 July 1999