The Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005

Existing licences granted pursuant to the Railways Regulations 1998

6.  To the extent that the licence authorises the provision of services to which regulation 5 of these Regulations applies, the licence shall have effect on and after the relevant date and for the purposes of Part 2 of these Regulations as if—

(a) it were a European licence granted pursuant to these Regulations by the ORR;

(b) for Parts I (Scope), II (Interpretation), III (Conditions) of and the Schedule (Revocation or Suspension of the Licence) there were substituted Parts I, II and III of the ORR template headed “European Passenger Licence (Eurostar)” (in the case of a licence for the transport of passengers) or Parts I, II and III of the ORR template headed “European Freight Licence (EWSI)” (in the case of a licence other than for the transport of passengers); and

(c) the provisions of regulations 7 and 8 and 15 to 19 applied in relation to the licence and the licence holder.

(2) The ORR templates referred to in paragraph (1) are the templates with the appropriate headings published by the ORR on 25th October 2005.

(3) Any approval given by the International Rail Regulator before the relevant date in relation to a paragraph of the Schedule to the licence shall have effect on and after the relevant date as if given by the ORR in relation to any equivalent paragraph in the European licence.

(4) Where any act has been done before the relevant date in relation to a term in the Schedule to the licence, nothing in sub-paragraph (1) requires that act to be repeated.