Railways Act 2005

15 Duty of Secretary of State and Transport for London to co-operate E+W+S

(1) Section 175 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) (duty of Transport for London and the SRA to cooperate) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (duty of co-operation)—

(a) for “Strategic Rail Authority”, where first occurring, substitute “ Secretary of State ”; and

(b) omit the words after paragraph (b) (which relate to the exchange of information).

(3) After that subsection insert—

“(1A) Before—

(a) issuing an invitation to tender for a franchise agreement in a case in which the services to be provided under the agreement are or include London railway passenger services, or

(b) entering into a franchise agreement in respect of such services in a case in which no such invitation has been issued,

the Secretary of State must consult Transport for London.

(1B) The Secretary of State and Transport for London must each provide to the other any information which—

(a) the other reasonably requires for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b); and

(b) is information which it would have been lawful for him or (as the case may be) it to disclose apart from this subsection.”

(4) In subsection (2) (power of Transport for London and SRA to enter into arrangements as to how they will exercise and perform their functions), for “Strategic Rail Authority” substitute “ Secretary of State ”.

(5) After that subsection insert—

“(2A) Those arrangements may include arrangements under which sums become due from Transport for London to the Secretary of State—

(a) in respect of London railway passenger services;

(b) in respect of station services provided in connection with such services; or

(c) in respect of bus substitution services provided as alternatives for London railway passenger services.”

(6) In subsection (3) (references to functions of the SRA), for “Strategic Rail Authority”, “its” and “it” substitute, respectively, “ Secretary of State ”, “ his ” and “ him ”.

(7) After that subsection insert—

“(3A) A reference in this section to a London railway passenger service is a reference to—

(a) a service for the carriage of passengers by railway between places in Greater London; or

(b) a service for the carriage of passengers by railway between places in Greater London and places outside Greater London.

(3B) Expressions used in this section and in Part 1 of the Railways Act 1993 have the same meanings in this section as in that Part.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 15 in force at 24.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch.