The Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 5) Order 1996

6.  At the end of section 122 insert the following subsection —

“(5) In sections 116 to 119 and 121 of this Act, and in this section,—

(a) “network owner” means—

(i) a person in whom is vested a network by virtue of a transfer scheme, or

(ii) a successor in title to any such person;

(b) “new network” means a network constructed or acquired, other than pursuant to a transfer scheme, after 31 March 1994 where any railway line comprised in that network is connected to a railway line comprised in a transferred network;

(c) “transferred network” means a network transferred at any time by transfer scheme;

(d) “network” and “transfer scheme” shall be construed in accordance with the Railways Act 1993; and

(e) references to a highway are to be read, in relation to Scotland, as references to a road.”.