14(1)Section 2 of the M1London Regional Transport Act 1984 (provision of passenger transport services for Greater London) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1) (which requires London Regional Transport, in conjunction with the Board, to provide or secure the provision of public passenger transport services in Greater London), before the words “in conjunction with the Railways Board" there shall be inserted the words “ (if and to the extent that the Railways Board continues to be under a duty by virtue of section 3 of the M2Transport Act 1962 to provide railway services in Greater London) ”.
(3)At the beginning of subsection (3) (duty of London Regional Transport and the Board to co-operate for the purpose of co-ordinating services etc) there shall be inserted the words “ If and so long as the Railways Board continues to be under a duty by virtue of section 3 of the M3Transport Act 1962 to provide railway services in Greater London, ”.
(4)After that subsection there shall be inserted—
“(3A)It shall be the duty of London Regional Transport (either acting directly, or acting indirectly through subsidiaries of theirs) and the Franchising Director to co-operate with one another in the exercise and performance of their respective functions for the purpose—
(a)of co-ordinating the passenger transport services for persons travelling within, to, or from Greater London—
(i)which are provided by London Regional Transport or their subsidiaries; and
(ii)which are provided under franchise agreements, or whose provision is secured by the Franchising Director pursuant to section 30, 37 or 38 of the Railways Act 1993; and
(b)of securing or facilitating the proper discharge of London Regional Transport’s duty under subsection (1) above;
and to afford to one another such information as to the services mentioned in paragraph (a) above as may reasonably be required for those purposes.”
(5)In subsection (4) (power of London Regional Transport and the Board to enter into arrangements for the purposes of the co-operation required by the section)—
(a)for the words “subsection (3) above" there shall be substituted the words “subsection (3) or, as the case may be, subsection (3A) above—
(a)”; and
(b)after the words “the Railways Board" there shall be inserted the words “or
(b)London Regional Transport and the Franchising Director,”.
(6)After that subsection there shall be inserted—
“(4A)The references in subsections (3A) and (4) above to the respective functions of London Regional Transport and the Franchising Director shall be taken, in the case of the functions of the Franchising Director, as a reference to—
(a)his functions under sections 23 to 31 of the Railways Act 1993 (franchising of passenger services); and
(b)the duties imposed upon him by sections 37 and 38 of that Act (discontinuance of railway passenger services) to secure the provision of services.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 para. 14 wholly in force at 1.4.1994; para. 14 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154(2); para. 14(1)-(3) in force at 6.1.1994 by S.I. 1993/3237, art. 2(2); Sch. 12 para. 14 in force at 1.4.1994 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1994/ 571, art. 5
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