The Cambrian Railways Order 2017

Transfer of rights and obligations to undertaker, etc. E+W+S

3.—(1) Except as may be otherwise provided in this Order, as from the relevant date—

(a) the railways or any part of them continue to be subject to all statutory and other provisions applicable to the railways at that date (in so far as those provisions continue in force and are capable of taking effect); and

(b) the undertaker is to the exclusion of Network Rail—

(i) entitled to the benefit of, and to exercise, all rights, powers and privileges relating to the railways or any part of them; and

(ii) subject to paragraph (2), subject to all obligations, statutory or otherwise, relating to the railways or any part of them (in so far as those provisions continue in force and are capable of taking effect), with Network Rail released from all such obligations.

(2) As from the relevant date sections 116 (transfer of responsibility for maintenance of highways on bridges over certain railways, inland waterways, etc.) to 118 (duty of highway authorities, etc., as respects bridges over certain railways or inland waterways) of the Transport Act 1968 M1 apply to the railways or the relevant part of them as if references to the British Railways Board were references to the undertaker.

Marginal Citations

M1 1968 c. 73; section 116 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), section 272 and Schedule 30, S.I. 1996/420, S.I. 2003/1615 and S.I. 2012/1659; section 117 was amended by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27), section 146 and Schedule 13, paragraph 7, S.I. 1996/420, S.I. 2000/3251, S.I. 2003/1615, S.I. 2012/1659, S.I. 2013/2314; section 118 was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), section 168(2) and Schedule 9, S.I. 1996/420, S.I. 2003/1615, S.I. 2012/1659 and S.I. 2013/2314.