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7(1)If at any time Sealink ceases to be a subsidiary of the Railways Board the Secretary of State shall by order repeal the Railway Shipping Acts.
(2)If at any time the Board cease to provide and manage hotels (either themselves or through a subsidiary) the Secretary of State shall by order repeal subsection (2) (power to provide and manage hotels) of section 50 of the M1Transport Act 1968 and make such consequential amendments in subsection (4) of that section as he considers appropriate.
(3)In this paragraph “the Railway Shipping Acts” means—
(a)the enactments so described in section 5 of the M2Transport Act 1962;
(b)section 47 of the M3British Railways Act 1967; and
(c)subsections (1) and (3)(a) of section 5 of the 1962 Act.
(4)An order under this paragraph shall be made by statutory instrument.
(5)Notwithstanding the repeal of the Railway Shipping Acts under this paragraph, the Board shall continue to have power to provide vessels and shipping services for the carriage by sea of rail freight wagons.
(6)The Board shall not exercise their powers under sub-paragraph (5) above to provide shipping services except with the consent of the Secretary of State; and any consent under this paragraph may be given subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State thinks fit to impose.
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