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51ORR to assist and advise national authoritiesE+W+S

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(1)It shall be the duty of the [F1Office of Rail and Road] to comply with every reasonable requirement of the Secretary of State—

(a)to provide him with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of his in relation to railways or railway services;

(b)to provide him with information or advice about a matter relevant to the railway safety purposes; or

(c)otherwise to provide him with assistance in relation to a matter that is connected with such a function or activity or is relevant to those purposes.

(2)It shall be the duty of the [F1Office of Rail and Road] to comply with every reasonable requirement of the Scottish Ministers—

(a)to provide them with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of theirs in relation to railways or railway services; or

(b)otherwise to provide them with assistance in relation to a matter that is connected with such a function or activity.

[F2(3)It shall be the duty of the Office of Rail and Road to comply with every reasonable requirement of the Welsh Ministers—

(a)to provide them with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of theirs in relation to railways or railway services; or

(b)otherwise to provide them with assistance in relation to a matter that is connected with such a function or activity.]

(4)References in this section to the functions of a person in relation to railways or railway services include references, in particular, to all that person's functions under Part 1 of the 1993 Act, Part 4 of the 2000 Act or this Act.

(5)In this section “railway safety purposes” has the same meaning as in Schedule 3.

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I1S. 51(1)(a)(c)(3)(4) in force at 8.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/1444, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

I2S. 51(1)(b)(5) in force at 1.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/266, art. 2(2), Sch.

I3S. 51(2) in force at 16.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/2812, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

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