Railways Act 1993

Making and modification of transfer schemes E+W+S

2 (1) The existing appointee, acting with the consent of the new appointee and, in relation to the matters affecting them, of any other appointees, may make a scheme under this Schedule for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities from the existing appointee to the new appointee. E+W+S

(2) A scheme under this Schedule shall not take effect unless it is approved by [F1 the appropriate national authority] .

(3) Where a scheme under this Schedule is submitted to [F2 “the appropriate national authority, it] may, with the consent of the new appointee, of the existing appointee and, in relation to the matters affecting them, of any other appointees, modify the scheme before approving it.

(4) If at any time after a scheme under this Schedule has come into force in relation to the property, rights and liabilities of any company [F1 the appropriate national authority] considers it appropriate to do so and the existing appointee, the new appointee and, in relation to the provisions of the order which affect them, any other appointees consent to the making of the order, [F1 the appropriate national authority] may by order provide that that scheme shall for all purposes be deemed to have come into force with such modifications as may be specified in the order.

(5) An order under sub-paragraph (4) above may make, with effect from the coming into force of the scheme to which it relates, any such provision as could have been made by the scheme and, in connection with giving effect to that provision from that time, may contain such supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as [F1 the appropriate national authority] considers appropriate.

(6) In determining, in accordance with [F3 the appropriate national authority's] duties under Part I of this Act, whether and in what manner to exercise any power conferred on him by this paragraph [F1 the appropriate national authority] , shall have regard to the need to ensure that any provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities in accordance with a scheme under this Schedule allocates property, rights and liabilities to the different companies affected by the scheme in such proportions as appear to [F1 the appropriate national authority] to be appropriate in the context of the different relevant activities of the existing appointee which will, by virtue of this Act, be carried out at different times on and after the relevant date by the new appointee, by the existing appointee and by any other appointees.

(7) It shall be the duty of the new appointee, of the existing appointee and of any other appointees to provide [F1 the appropriate national authority] with all such information and other assistance as [F1 the appropriate national authority] may reasonably require for the purposes of, or in connection with, the exercise of any power conferred F4 . . . by this paragraph.

(8) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Act relating to the special railway administrator of a company, anything which is required by this paragraph to be done by a company shall, where that company is a company in relation to which a railway administration order is in force, be effective only if it is done on the company’s behalf by its special railway administrator.

[F5 (9) A statutory instrument containing an order under this paragraph by the Scottish Ministers is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.]

[F6 (10) A statutory instrument containing an order under this paragraph made by the Welsh Ministers is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 7 para. 2 substituted (16.10.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 49(7); S.I. 2005/2812, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F2 Words in Sch. 7 para. 2(3) substituted (16.10.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 49(8)(a), 60; S.I. 2005/2812, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F3 Words in Sch. 7 para. 2(6) substituted (16.10.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 49(8)(b), 60; S.I. 2005/2812, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F4 Words in Sch. 7 para. 2(7) omitted (1.2.2001) and repealed (prosp.) by 2000 c. 38, ss. 215, 274, Sch. 16 para. 54(5)(c), Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II) (which S.I. was amended by S.I. 2001/115)

F5 Sch. 7 para. 2(9) inserted (26.10.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 49(9), 60; S.I. 2005/2812, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F6 Sch. 7 para. 2(10) inserted (14.10.2018 at 2.00 a.m.) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (Railways) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/631), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 33

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 7 para. 2 modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 19(6)