The Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 No. 3050

SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS

PART 1 AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS OF PRIMARY LEGISLATION

The Railway Fires Act 1905

1.  In section 4 of the Railway Fires Act 1905(1) (definitions and application)—

(a) after the definition of “agricultural crops”, insert—

“The expression “EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein;”; and

(b) in the definition of “railway company”, at the end of paragraph (b) add—

“or

(c) who holds a European licence granted pursuant to a provision contained in any instrument made for the purpose of implementing Council Directive 1995/18/EC dated 19th June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings, as amended by Directive 2001/13/EC dated 26th February 2001 and Directive 2004/49/EC dated 29th April 2004, both of the European Parliament and of the Council, or pursuant to any action taken by an EEA State for that purpose;”.

(1)

1905 5 Edw 7 c.11; the definition of “railway company” was inserted by the 1993 Act, Schedule12, paragraph 2(2).