SCHEDULES
F1F1 SCHEDULE 5
Notice of proposed closure
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F21
Where a person (in this Schedule referred to as “the operator”) who provides qualifying services proposes to discontinue the provision of all such services from any station or on any line (in this Schedule referred to as a closure), he shall, not less than six weeks before carrying the proposal into effect, publish in two successive weeks in two local newspapers circulating in the area affected, and in such other manner as appears to him appropriate, a notice—
a
giving the date and particulars of the proposed closure, and particulars of any alternative services which it appears to him will be available and of any proposals of his for providing or augmenting such services; and
b
stating that objections to the proposed closure may be lodged in accordance with this Schedule within six weeks of a date specified in the notice, being the date on which the notice is last published in a local newspaper as required by this paragraph; and copies of the notice shall be sent to the appropriate F3Rail Passengers’ Committee.
F42
The operator shall also—
a
send a copy of the notice to every person who is the operator of a station within the area affected; and
b
require him to publish it at the station.
Sch. 5 repealed (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 59, 60, Sch. 13 Pt. 1; S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-7)