2020 No. 170

Transport

The Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 2020

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, makes the following order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(1), (2) and (9), 16B(1), (2), (3) and (5), 20(1), (2) and (8), 24(1), (2) and (8) of the Railways Act 19931 and sections 25(7) and 38(1) of the Railways Act 20052.

In accordance with sections 7(1), 16B(1) and 20(1) of the Railways Act 1993, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Office of Rail and Road3.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 2020 and comes into force on 16th March 2020.

Amendment of the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Exemptions) Order 20132

In the Schedule to the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Exemptions) Order 20134, for the map substitute the map in the Schedule to this Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

VereParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Transport

SCHEDULEMap of Manchester Metrolink Network

Article 2

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order relates to the Greater Manchester Light Rapid Transit System, also known as Metrolink (the “Metrolink network”).

The Order amends the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Exemptions) Order 2013 (“the 2013 Order”) by replacing the map contained in the Schedule to that Order with a revised map of the Metrolink network (article 2). The revised map includes a short section of additional track and six new stations that are being constructed. The effect is to extend the exemptions granted by the 2013 Order to the extension of the Metrolink network, construction of which was authorised by the Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Trafford Park Extension) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1035).

A full explanation of the exemptions granted by the 2013 Order, which are extended by this Order, can be found in the Explanatory Note and the Explanatory Memorandum to the 2013 Order. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no cost to business or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the website www.legislation.gov.uk.