Greater London Authority Act 1999

The Railways Act 1993

5 (1) The [1993 c. 43.] Railways Act 1993 shall be amended as follows.

(2) Section 2(1) (which abolishes the Area Transport Users Consultative Committees and provides that the London Regional Passengers' Committee shall cease to be treated as such a committee) shall cease to have effect.

(3) In section 2(9) (which gives the meaning of “the Greater London area” for the purposes of the section) for the words from “immediately before the coming into force of this section” to the end there shall be substituted “immediately before the coming into force of section 252(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (which substitutes the London Transport Users' Committee for the London Regional Passengers' Committee in subsection (4) above) the London Regional Passengers' Committee was the co sultative committee under subsection (4) above.”.

(4) In section 3(3)(b) (chairmen of consultative committees and chairman of London Regional Passengers' Committee to be members of the Central Rail Users' Consultative Committee) for “London Regional Passengers' Committee” there shall be substituted “London Transport Users' Committee”.

(5) In section 47(4)(b) (modification of section 123 of the Transport Act 1985 relating to bus substitution services in its application to the Franchising Director) for “London Regional Passengers' Committee” there shall be substituted “London Transport Users' Committee”.

(6) In section 145(7) (interpretation of the section, which relates to restrictions on disclosure of information under the Act) for “London Regional Passengers' Committee” there shall be substituted “London Transport Users' Committee”.