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| 20. Except as provided by paragraph 15(3), 17 or 18(3) or (4) above, Transport for London does not have power to acquire land (or any interest in land) for purposes which are not related to any of the activities, other than the development of land, of Transport for London or any subsidiary of Transport for London. |
| 21. Where any activities for which provision is made by an agreement under section 156(2) or (3) of this Act cease to be carried on by the other party (whether by reason of the expiry or termination of the agreement or otherwise), Transport for London may- |
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(a) acquire by agreement any land or other property used for the purpose of carrying on those activities; and |
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(b) in the case of an agreement under section 156(3) of this Act, itself carry on those activities notwithstanding that it would not otherwise have power to do so. |
| Research and development of policies |
| 22. - (1) Transport for London may do anything which appears to it to be practicable and desirable for the purpose of promoting- |
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(a) research into matters affecting, or arising out of, the exercise of the functions of Transport for London or any of its subsidiaries, and |
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(b) the exploitation of the results of any research into any such matter (whether or not promoted by Transport for London) and of anything resulting from any idea affecting, or arising out of, the exercise of any of those functions. |
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(2) In paragraph (1)(b) above "exploitation" means the doing of any work requisite to enable the results or (as the case may be) the thing in question to be turned to account. |
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(3) Transport for London may exercise the powers under sub-paragraph (1) above by carrying out any research or work for that purpose itself or by arranging for it to be carried out or done by some other person with or without assistance (including financial assistance) from Transport for London. |
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(4) Nothing in this paragraph authorises Transport for London, either directly or through a subsidiary of Transport for London, to do any work which it would not have power to do apart from this paragraph. |
| Welfare and efficiency of employees |
| 23. - (1) Transport for London may do anything it thinks fit for the purpose of advancing- |
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(a) the skill of persons employed by Transport for London or by any subsidiary of Transport for London; |
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(b) the efficiency of the equipment of Transport for London or of any subsidiary of Transport for London or of the manner in which that equipment is operated; |
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including providing, or assisting others in providing, facilities for training, education and research. |
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(2) Transport for London may provide houses, hostels and other similar accommodation for persons employed by Transport for London or by any subsidiary of Transport for London. |
| Acquisition of undertakings etc |
| 24. Transport for London may acquire any undertaking or part of an undertaking if the assets comprised in the undertaking or the part of the undertaking are wholly or mainly assets which Transport for London requires for the purposes of discharging any of its functions. |
| 25. For the purposes of discharging any of its functions, Transport for London may subscribe for or acquire any securities of a body corporate. |
| Byelaws for railways |
| 26. - (1) Transport for London may make byelaws regulating- |
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(a) the use and working of its railways; |
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(b) travel on its railways; |
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(c) the maintenance of order on its railways and railway premises, including stations and the approaches to stations; |
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(d) the conduct of all persons while on those premises, including officers and employees of Transport for London. |
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(2) Byelaws made by Transport for London by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above may include in particular byelaws- |
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(a) with respect to tickets issued for entry on its railway premises or travel on its railways and the evasion of payment of fares and other charges; |
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(b) with respect to interference with or obstruction of the working of the railways; |
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(c) with respect to the smoking of tobacco in railway carriages and elsewhere; |
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(d) with respect to the prevention of nuisances; |
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(e) with respect to the receipt and delivery of goods; |
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(f) for regulating the passage of bicycles and other vehicles on footways and other premises controlled by Transport for London and intended for the use of pedestrians. |
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(3) Any byelaws made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above may provide that any person contravening them shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine for each offence not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or not exceeding a lesser amount. |
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(4) Where the contravention of a byelaw made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above causes- |
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(a) danger or annoyance to the public, or |
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(b) hindrance to Transport for London in the lawful use of its railway, |
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Transport for London may summarily interfere to obviate or remove the danger, annoyance or hindrance. |
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(5) Anything done by Transport for London under sub-paragraph (4) above is without prejudice to the taking of summary proceedings under sub-paragraph (3) above. |
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(6) Subsections (5) to (12) of section 67 of the Transport Act 1962 (byelaws for railways etc.) shall apply in relation to byelaws made by Transport for London by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above as they apply to byelaws made under that section but taking references in those subsections to the Board as references to Transport for London. |
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(7) For the purposes of this paragraph- |
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(a) railways, railway premises, officers or employees of a subsidiary of Transport for London shall be deemed to be railways, railway premises, officers or employees of Transport for London, and |
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(b) footways and other premises controlled by a subsidiary of Transport for London shall be deemed to be footways and other premises controlled by Transport for London. |
| Byelaws for landing places |
| 27. - (1) Transport for London may make and enforce byelaws for regulating or controlling the use of any landing place which is vested in or operated by it or any of its subsidiaries. |
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(2) The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) above includes the power to make and enforce byelaws specifying- |
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(a) persons or descriptions of persons who, or |
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(b) vessels or descriptions of vessels which, |
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may or may not use a landing place. |
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(3) A person who contravenes a byelaw made under this paragraph shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale. |
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(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, "landing place" means any waterside landing place, wharf, pier, jetty, pontoon, causeway, hard, footway or other installation, and includes any associated buildings and approaches to it over and from land. |
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(5) This paragraph is without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment. |
| Museums |
| 28. - (1) Transport for London may provide and maintain a museum of transport artefacts, records and other exhibits and may do anything necessary or expedient for or in connection with the provision or maintenance of the museum. |
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(2) Transport for London may make a charge for admission to a museum maintained by it. |
| Supplementary |
| 29. If Transport for London engages, either directly or through a subsidiary, in any activities authorised by paragraph 11 or 15(2) or (3) above, it shall in carrying on those activities act as if it were a company engaged in a commercial enterprise or (as the case may be) shall exercise its control over that subsidiary so as to ensure that the subsidiary in carrying on those activities acts as a company so engaged. |
| 30. Any specific power conferred on Transport for London by or by virtue of any provision of this Act to make any loan or give any guarantee or to subscribe for or acquire any securities shall not affect the power of Transport for London- |
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(a) to lend money by way of investment or to subscribe for or acquire securities by way of investment; or |
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(b) to leave outstanding any loan made or guarantee given, or to retain any securities acquired, by London Regional Transport or by any predecessor in title of London Regional Transport. |
| Miscellaneous |
| 31. - (1) Neither Transport for London nor any subsidiary of Transport for London shall be regarded as a common carrier by rail or inland waterway. |
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(2) No local enactment passed or made with respect to any particular undertaking so far as it imposes on persons carrying on that undertaking- |
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(a) a duty to connect, or afford facilities for the connection of, any siding to a railway; or |
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(b) a duty to permit privately owned railway wagons to be used on a railway owned or operated by them; or |
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(c) a duty (otherwise than to a named person, or to the successor of a named person, or for the benefit of specified lands) to provide or maintain any other railway services or facilities (including the provision of stations, sidings or carriages and of any services, facilities or amenities connected with stations, sidings or carriages); |
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or so far as it otherwise makes provision corresponding to any of the repealed enactments, shall apply to Transport for London. |
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(3) The reference in sub-paragraph (2) above to the repealed enactments is a reference to the following enactments, that is to say- |
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section 76 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845; |
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section 69 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845; |
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sections 2 and 7 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1854; |
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sections 16 and 39 of the Railways Act 1921; |
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section 30 of the London Passenger Transport Act 1933; |
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section 39 of the Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933; and |
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section 22 of the Transport Act 1953; |
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all of which made provision with respect to transport charges and facilities and were repealed by the Transport Act 1962. |
| Other powers |
| 32. Transport for London may do all other things which in its opinion are necessary or expedient to facilitate the discharge by it of any of its functions, including the securing of the performance of any agreement entered into by it under section 156 of this Act. |
| 33. Transport for London may do anything necessary for the purpose of fulfilling a contract which by virtue of section 295 or 404 of this Act has effect as if made by Transport for London, notwithstanding that apart from this paragraph Transport for London would not have power to do that thing. |