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The Railways Act 1993 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provision) Order 1994
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This Order brings into force, on 8 March 1994, those provisions of the Railways Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”) specified in Article 2. These deal with the powers of the Secretary of State to give directions in time of hostilities and to give instructions in connection with security, and related matters. They also deal with the powers of the Secretary of State to make schemes for the organisation of the transport police (ie those constables appointed under section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 (c.xxix)), with the terms and conditions of the employment of the transport police, and with associated amendments to and repeals of existing legislation. Article 7 makes transitional provision in relation to the transport police.
The Order brings into force, on 21 March 1994, those provisions of the 1993 Act specified in Article 3. These deal with the general duties of the Secretary of State, the Regulator and the Franchising Director; the Franchising Director’s power to enter into contracts with the British Railways Board for the provision of non-franchised railway passenger services to the public; and the Franchising Director’s power to encourage investment in railway assets.
On 31 March 1994 the Order brings into force those provisions of the Act specified in Article 4. These provisions repeal Part I of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56).
The Order brings into force, on 1 April 1994, those provisions of the 1993 Act specified in Article 5—in other words, most of those provisions not brought into force previously. The main provisions not brought into force are sections 17 to 22 and Schedule 4, concerning access agreements; parts of section 132(8) and Schedule 10, concerning the transport police; parts of section 134 and Schedule 11, concerning pensions; and sections 139 and 140, concerning grants to assist the provision of facilities for freight haulage by railway and inland waterway.
On 2 April 1994 the Order brings into force those provisions of the 1993 Act specified in Article 6, namely sections 17 to 22 and Schedule 4.
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