(1)The Secretary of State may by order provide that sections 37 and 38 of this Act shall apply, as from such day as may be specified in the order (referred to below in this section as the operative date), for the purpose of conferring or imposing on London Regional Transport certain functions in relation to the provision by the Railways Board of railway passenger services and in relation to services so provided.
(2)Those sections are to be read, accordingly, as applying only as from the operative date.
(3)In those sections, references to the London regional rail passenger network are references to such railway passenger services as may be determined from time to time by the Secretary of State, after consultation with London Regional Transport and the Railways Board.
(4)An order under subsection (1) above may contain such supplementary, incidental and consequential provisions as may appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient, including provisions modifying sections 37 and 38 of this Act or any other enactment (whether contained in this Act or not).
(5)Any order under subsection (1) above shall cease to have effect (without prejudice to its earlier revocation) at the end of the accounting year of London Regional Transport current at the expiry of the period of eight years beginning with the operative date, unless before the end of that period of eight years it is confirmed by order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this subsection.
(6)An order under subsection (1) above specifying a day for the application of sections 37 and 38 of this Act may not be varied before the end of the period of eight years mentioned in subsection (5) above, except with respect to any such provisions as are mentioned in subsection (4) above; and no order under subsection (1) above may be varied or revoked after it has been confirmed in accordance with subsection (5) above.
(7)No order shall be made—
(a)under subsection (1) above specifying a day for the application of sections 37 and 38 of this Act or revoking a previous order under that subsection specifying such a day; or
(b)confirming any order under that subsection for the purposes of subsection (5) above;
unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(8)An order under subsection (1) above varying a previous order under that subsection shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act repealed (prosp.) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 423, 425(2), Sch. 34 Pt. II (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1))