SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACTS 1993 AND 2005

PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACT 2005

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1

Section 31 (proposal to discontinue operation of secured station)44 is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (9)(b) after “the Secretary of State” insert “, subject to subsection (10)”.

3

After subsection (9) insert—

10

The Welsh Ministers, rather than the Secretary of State, are “the national authority” in relation to a proposal relating to a station, or part of a station, that—

a

is wholly in Wales, and

b

is, when the proposal is made, a station to which subsection (11) applies or part of such a station.

11

This subsection applies to a station at which the only scheduled calls made by any railway passenger service are those made by a railway passenger service provided under a Welsh franchise agreement or secured to any extent by the Welsh Ministers.