C1Part XI Statutory Undertakers

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Pt XI (ss. 262-283) applied (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 169, Sch. 20 Pt. II para. 19(3); S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3

Pt. XI (ss. 262-283) modified (1.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 96, Sch. 13 para. 15(4)(a) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2765, art. 2

Pt. XI (ss. 262-283) applied (25.11.1998 for specified purposes otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 23, Sch. 6 para. 16(2)(3); S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(1); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)

Pt. XI (ss. 262-283) modified (1.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 96, Sch. 14 para. 13(4) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2765, art. 2

Preliminary

265 Meaning of “the appropriate Minister”.

1

Subject to the following provisions of this section, in this Act “the appropriate Minister” means—

a

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking, the Civil Aviation Authority or a relevant airport operator (within the meaning of Part V of the M1Airports Act 1986), the Secretary of State for Transport;

b

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on an undertaking for the supply of hydraulic power, the F1Secretary of State for Trade and Industry;

c

in relation to the Post Office, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; and

d

in relation to any other statutory undertakers, the Secretary of State for the Environment.

2

For the purposes of sections 170(12), 266 to 280, 325(9) and 336(2) and (3) and Part II of Schedule 8, “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a public gas supplier or a holder of a licence under section 6 of the M2Electricity Act 1989, means the F1Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

3

For the purposes of sections 170(12), 266 to 280, 325(9) and 336(2) and (3) and Part II of Schedule 8 and Schedule 14 “the appropriate Minister”—

a

in relation to the National Rivers Authority, means the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and

b

in relation to a water or sewerage undertaker, means the Secretary of State.

4

References in this Act to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister—

a

if the appropriate Minister is not the one concerned as the Secretary of State, shall be construed as references to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister; and

b

if the one concerned as the Secretary of State is also the appropriate Minister, shall be construed as references to him alone,

and similarly with references to a Minister and the appropriate Minister and with any provision requiring the Secretary of State to act jointly with the appropriate Minister.