Railways Act 1993

1 (1) Unless the Secretary of State otherwise directs, any person who, immediately before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act, is—

(a) the chairman of the former Central Committee, or

(b) one of the other members of that Committee appointed as such by the Secretary of State,

shall, for the remainder of the period for which he was appointed as such, be the chairman or, as the case may be, one of the other members of the Central Committee.

(2) Any reference or representation—

(a) which was made under section 56(4)(a) or (b) of the 1962 Act to the former Central Committee,

(b) which relates to a matter which is within the competence of the Central Committee, and

(c) which has not been disposed of by the former Central Committee before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act,

shall be treated as a reference or representation made to the Central Committee pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) of section 76 of this Act for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section.

(3) Any matter—

(a) which was under consideration by the former Central Committee pursuant to section 56(4)(c) of the 1962 Act,

(b) which is within the competence of the Central Committee, and

(c) which has not been disposed of by the former Central Committee before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act,

shall be treated as a matter which ought to be considered by the Central Committee under subsection (1) of section 76 of this Act by virtue of subsection (2)(c) of that section.

(4) It shall be the duty of the former Central Committee to secure that all papers and other material relating to any representation, reference or matter falling within sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above are delivered up to the Central Committee as soon as reasonably practicable after the coming into force of section 3 of this Act.

(5) In any case where—

(a) any recommendation made under section 56(4) of the 1962 Act by the former Central Committee has been received by the Secretary of State before the coming into force of section 3 of this Act, but

(b) the Secretary of State has not disposed of that recommendation before the coming into force of that section,

he may, before the expiration of the period of twelve months beginning with the coming into force of that section, give a direction to any person providing a railway service whom he considers responsible for the matters dealt with in the recommendation.

(6) As respects the financial year at the beginning of which, or during which, section 3 of this Act comes into force—

(a) the Central Committee shall as soon as practicable prepare and send to the Regulator a statement of the expenses which they expect to incur in respect of that financial year for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of their functions; and

(b) the Regulator shall consider any statement sent to him under paragraph (a) above and shall either approve the statement or approve it with such modifications as he considers appropriate.

(7) In this paragraph—

• “the 1962 Act” means the [1962 c. 46.] Transport Act 1962;

• “the Central Committee” has the same meaning as in Part I of this Act;

• “the former Central Committee” means the Central Transport Consultative Committee for Great Britain, established under section 56 of the 1962 Act.

(8) For the purposes of this paragraph the matters which are within the competence of the Central Committee are any matters of a kind which, after the coming into force of section 3 of this Act, the Central Committee has power, or is under a duty, to investigate under section 76 of this Act.