Part 4Network modifications etc.
Excluded proposals
I1C1C2C337Discontinuance of experimental passenger services
1
Where—
a
a railway funding authority is a party to a franchise agreement under which an experimental passenger service is provided,
b
the person providing the service proposes to discontinue it after the requirement to provide it has come to an end, and
c
that authority does not propose to secure the continued provision of the service,
that authority must give notice of the proposed discontinuance of the service.
2
Where—
a
an experimental passenger service is provided otherwise than in satisfaction of requirements imposed by a franchise agreement, and
b
the person providing the service proposes to discontinue it,
that person must give notice of his proposal and must not discontinue the service before the end of the notice period.
3
The notice required to be given under this section is a notice which—
a
sets out the details of the proposed discontinuance; and
b
is published in the required manner.
4
A notice is published in the required manner if it is published, in two successive weeks—
a
in a local newspaper circulating in the area affected by the proposal;
b
in two national newspapers; and
c
in such other manner as appears to the person giving the notice to be appropriate.
5
A person giving notice of a proposed discontinuance under subsection (2) must send to the F1Office of Rail and Road a copy of the notice published under subsection (3)(b).
6
In this section “the notice period”, in relation to a proposal to discontinue a service, means the period of six weeks after the notice of that proposal has been published in the required manner.
7
For the purposes of subsection (4)(a) the area affected by a proposal to discontinue an experimental passenger service is the area in which is situated the line or station in relation to which the service is designated as experimental.
8
For the purposes of subsection (4)(b) as it applies in relation to—
a
a Scotland-only service, or
b
a Wales-only service,
a newspaper which circulates generally in Scotland or, as the case may be, Wales is to be regarded as being a national newspaper.