The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (Railways) Order 2018

2.—(1) Section 4 (general duties of the Secretary of State and the Office of Rail and Road)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3C)—

(a) for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”;

(b) for “that Assembly” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”;

(c) for “the Assembly” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”.

(3) After subsection (3C) insert—

“(3D) The reference in subsection (3C) to functions transferred to the Welsh Ministers under or by virtue of Part 4 of the Railways Act 2005 includes a reference to functions which were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under or by virtue of that Part and which became functions of the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.”

(4) In subsection (5)—

(a) in paragraph (ca), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”;

(b) in paragraph (cb)—

(i) for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”;

(ii) for “it” substitute “them”.

(5) In subsection (5A), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”.

(6) In subsection (5D) in paragraph (b) for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”.

(7) In subsection (9) in the definition of “notified strategies and policies”—

(a) for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”;

(b) for the first “that Assembly” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”;

(c) for the second “that Assembly” substitute “them”.

(1)

Section 4 was amended by the Competition Act 1998 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 6(3); the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24), Schedule 2, paragraph 12; section 200(4) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29); the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), section 224 and Part 4 of Schedule 31; the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), Schedule 26; the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), Schedule 2, paragraph 3; the Railways Act 2005 (c.14), section 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 13; the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), Schedule 1, paragraph 100; and the Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), Schedule 1, paragraph 1(a).