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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 [Office 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 [Office 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.
(3)It shall be the duty of the [Office of Rail and Road] to comply with every reasonable requirement of the National Assembly for Wales to provide the Assembly with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of the Assembly in relation to railways or railway services.
(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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