SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Miscellaneous amendments of 1993 Act

Purposes for which franchising functions may be exercised

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1

In section 54 (purposes for which franchising functions may be exercised), in subsection (1)—

a

for “Authority or a Passenger Transport Authority or Passenger Transport Executive” substitute “ Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers ”; and

b

in paragraph (a), after “any of” insert “ his or ”.

2

For subsection (2) of that section substitute—

2

The Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers shall each have power to enter into agreements under which an undertaking is given by him or them—

a

to exercise his or their franchising functions;

b

to refrain from exercising them; or

c

to exercise them in a particular manner.

3

In subsection (3) of that section, in the first definition of “franchising functions”—

a

for “Authority”, wherever occurring, substitute “ Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers ”;

b

in paragraph (a), for “of the Authority's functions“ substitute “ of the functions of the Secretary of State or of the Scottish Ministers ”;

c

in that paragraph, for “35” substitute “ 31 ”; and

d

in paragraph (b), for “Schedule 21 to the Transport Act 2000” substitute “ section 1(2) of the Railways Act 2005 ”;

and omit the definition of “franchising functions” in relation to a Passenger Transport Authority or Passenger Transport Executive.