Railways Act 1993 (c. 43)

Part I U.K. The Provision of Railway Services

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1-83) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 21(6)

C2 Pt. 1 (ss. 1-83) applied (S.) (27.4.2006) by Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Act 2006 (asp. 6), s.78 (with s.75)

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-83) applied (S.) (8.5.2006) by Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 (asp. 7), s.79 (with ss.76, 84)

Commencement Information

I1 Pt. I (ss. 1-83) applied (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 36(2) (inserting s. 10(1)(viiia) in 1968 c. 73); S.I. 1994/571, art. 5

Pt. I (ss. 1-83) applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 16(5)

[F1 Other functions of the Authority] E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 71A and cross-heading inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 216, Sch. 17 para. 14 (with Sch. 28 paras. 2(5), 17); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)

[F2 71A Investigatory functions. E+W+S

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, it shall be the duty of the Authority to investigate any alleged or apprehended contravention of a condition of a licence which relates to consumer protection if the alleged or apprehended contravention is the subject of a representation made to the Authority by or on behalf of a person who appears to the Authority to have an interest in the matter (other than one appearing to the Authority to be frivolous or vexatious).

(2) The Authority may, if it thinks fit, require a Rail Passengers’ Committee to investigate and report to it on any matter falling within subsection (1) above which relates to—

(a) the provision of services for the carriage of passengers by railway, or

(b) the provision of station services,

and which it would otherwise have been the Authority’s duty to investigate.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 71A and cross-heading inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 216, Sch. 17 para. 14 (with Sch. 28 paras. 2(5), 17); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)

[F3 71B Code of practice for protection of interests of rail users who are disabled. E+W+S

(1) The Authority shall—

(a) prepare and from time to time revise, and

(b) publish and otherwise promote the adoption and implementation of,

a code of practice for protecting the interests of users of railway passenger services or station services who are disabled

(2) In preparing or revising the code of practice, the Authority shall consult the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee established under section 125 of the M1 Transport Act 1985.]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 71B inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 216, Sch. 17 para. 28(1); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)

Marginal Citations

M1 1985 c. 67.