C4 Part XI Statutory Undertakers

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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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—

F1a

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F2a

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking, the Civil Aviation Authority, a person who holds a licence under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Transport Act 2000, or a relevant airport operator (within the meaning of Part 5 of the Airports Act 1986), the Secretary of State for Transport;

C1b

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on an undertaking for the supply of hydraulic power, the F3Secretary of State for Trade and Industry;

c

in relation to F4a universal postal service provider, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; and

C2F5d

in relation to any other statutory undertakers, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

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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 F6public gas transporter or a holder of a licence under section 6 of the M1Electricity Act 1989, means the F3Secretary 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”—

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in relation to the National Rivers Authority, means the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; F7...

F8aa

in relation to the Natural Resources Body for Wales, means the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and

b

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

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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.