The Strategic Rail Authority (Licence Exemption) Order 2001

Made30th January 2001

Laid before Parliament31st January 2001

Coming into force1st March 2001

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of his powers under sections 7(1) and 143 of the Railways Act 19931 and after consultation with the Rail Regulator, hereby makes the following Order—

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Strategic Rail Authority (Licence Exemption) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st March 2001.

Exemption2.

(1)

Exemption is granted to the Strategic Rail Authority (“the Authority”) and every wholly owned subsidiary of the Authority from the requirement to be authorised by licence to be the operator of any railway asset.

(2)

An exemption granted under paragraph (1) may be revoked as regards the Authority or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries by not less than one month’s notice given by the Secretary of State to the Authority.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Keith Hill

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

30th January 2001

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the grant of exemptions to the Strategic Rail Authority (“the Authority”) and its wholly owned subsidiaries from the requirement in section 6 of the Railways Act 1993 to be authorised by licence to be the operator of any railway asset. These exemptions may be revoked by not less than one month’s notice given by the Secretary of State to that Authority.