Railways Act 2005

57 Meaning of “Wales-only service” and “Welsh service” E+W+S

(1) In this Act—

• “Wales-only service” means a railway passenger service which—

  (a)

  starts and ends in Wales and does not make any other scheduled calls outside Wales; and

  (b)

  has not been excluded from this definition by an order made by the Secretary of State;

• “Welsh service” means a railway passenger service which starts in Wales, ends in Wales or otherwise makes at least one scheduled call in Wales.

(2) Before making an order for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of “Wales-only service”, the Secretary of State must consult the National Assembly for Wales.

(3) An order for those purposes is subject to the negative resolution procedure.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 57 in force at 8.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/1444, art. 2(1), Sch. 1