http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/43

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/43/section/140/1993-11-05

Railways Act 1993

An Act to provide for the appointment and functions of a Rail Regulator and a Director of Passenger Rail Franchising and of users’ consultative committees for the railway industry and for certain ferry services; to make new provision with respect to the provision of railway services and the persons by whom they are to be provided or who are to secure their provision; to make provision for and in connection with the grant and acquisition of rights over, and the disposal or other transfer and vesting of, any property, rights or liabilities by means of which railway services are, or are to be, provided; to amend the functions of the British Railways Board; to make provision with respect to the safety of railways and the protection of railway employees and members of the public from personal injury and other risks arising from the construction or operation of railways; to make further provision with respect to transport police; to make provision with respect to certain railway pension schemes; to make provision for and in connection with the payment of grants and subsidies in connection with railways and in connection with the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway; to make provision in relation to tramways and other guided transport systems; and for connected purposes.

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C1Part III Miscellaneous, General and Supplemental Provisions

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Pt. III (ss. 117-154) excluded (retrospective to 5.11.1993) by 1994 c. 9, s. 252, Sch. 24 para. 4(1)

Financial provisions

C2140 Grants to assist the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway.

1

The Secretary of State may, out of money provided by Parliament, make grants in accordance with this section towards the provision of any facilities which are to be provided for or in connection with the carriage of goods by inland waterway or the loading or unloading of goods carried or intended to be carried by inland waterway.

2

The Secretary of State shall not make a grant under this section unless he is satisfied—

a

that, if the facilities in question are provided, they will be used for or in connection with the carriage, or the loading or unloading, of goods of particular classes or descriptions;

b

that if the facilities are not provided, those goods will be carried by road; and

c

that it is in the public interest for those goods to be carried by inland waterway.

3

Grants under this section shall only be made towards expenditure which appears to the Secretary of State to be expenditure of a capital nature which is to be incurred in providing the facilities in question.

4

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, the facilities towards the provision of which grants under this section may be made include cargo-carrying craft, inland waterway terminals, wharves, access roads and equipment for use in connection with the carriage, loading or unloading of goods.

5

No grant under this section shall be made except in pursuance of an application made to the Secretary of State by the person who intends to provide the facilities; and any such application shall be supported by such evidence as the Secretary of State may require with respect to—

a

the use which is to be made of the facilities for or in connection with the carriage of goods by inland waterway or the loading or unloading of goods carried or intended to be carried by inland waterway;

b

the amount and destination of the goods in connection with which the facilities are to be used; and

c

the matters as to which he is required by subsection (2)(b) and (c) above to be satisfied if he is to make a grant under this section.

6

The Secretary of State may, in making a grant under this section, impose such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.

7

In this section—

“goods” has the same meaning as in Part I above;
“inland waterway” includes every such waterway, whether natural or artificial.

8

Section 36 of the M1Transport Act 1981 (grants to assist the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway) shall cease to have effect.