SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACTS 1993 AND 2005

PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACT 2005

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In section 34 (minor modifications)46 after subsection (2) insert—

2A

It is the Welsh Ministers who may make a determination that a closure is a minor modification, or that closures of a particular description are minor modifications, where the only closures to which the determination relates consist in—

a

the discontinuance of one or more Wales-only services; or

b

the discontinuance of a station, or part of a station, that—

i

is wholly in Wales, and

ii

is a station to which subsection (2B) applies or part of such a station.

2B

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.