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Changes over time for: Section 3
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Version Superseded: 31/03/1994
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3 Power of Secretary of State to give directions.U.K.
(1)The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Railways Board, give directions to the Board requiring them—
(a)to exercise their powers under section 1 of this Act in a specified manner and in relation to a specified subsidiary;
(b)to establish a subsidiary and exercise their powers under section 7 of the Transport Act 1968 (transfer of property, rights and liabilities to subsidiaries) in a specified manner.
(2)It shall be the duty of the Board (notwithstanding any duty imposed on them by section 3(1) of the Transport Act 1962) to give effect to any directions given under this section.
(3)In this section “specified” means specified in directions given by the Secretary of State under this section.
(4)Any directions under this section shall be given in writing.
(5)In section 4(5) of the Railways Act 1974 (duty of Board to include certain information in the annual report made under section 4), after the words “1962 Act, in paragraph (b), there are inserted the words “section 3 of the Transport Act 1981.
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