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)

Access agreements E+W+S

F1 22B Applications for directions under section 22A: procedure. E+W+S

(1) Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect with respect to applications for directions under section 22A above as it has effect with respect to applications for directions under section 17 above (but subject as follows).

(2) In its application by virtue of this section Schedule 4 to this Act has effect with the following modifications—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the definition of “the facility owner", for “17(1)" there shall be substituted “22A" and, in the definition of “interested person", for “enter into the required access contract" there shall be substituted “make the amendments";

(b) in paragraph 2(1), for “which the applicant proposes should be contained in the required access contract" and “to be contained in the required access contract" there shall be substituted “of the proposed amendments";

(c) in paragraph 5(2), for “to the facility owner requiring him to enter into an access contract" there shall be substituted “under section 22A of this Act";

(d) for paragraph 5(2)(a)(i) and (ii) there shall be substituted “the amendments to be made and the date by which they are to be made; and";

(e) in paragraph 6(2), for the words from “facility owner’s" to the end of paragraph (c) there shall be substituted “making of the amendments, the performance of the access agreement as amended or failing to take any step to protect the interests of the interested person in connection with the application for directions or the making of the amendments,"; and

(f) in paragraph 6(3), for “any access contract which is entered into" there shall be substituted “the amendments made";

and the definition of “the required access contract", and the words following that definition, in paragraph 1 and paragraph 5(4) shall be omitted.

(3) In its application by virtue of this section in relation to an application relating to an installation access contract Schedule 4 to this Act has effect with the following further modifications—

(a) references to the railway facility shall have effect as references to the network installation;

(b) references to the facility owner shall have effect as references to the installation owner; and

(c) in the definition of “interested person" in paragraph 1, for “17" there shall be substituted “19".

(4) The Regulator may determine that, in their application by virtue of this section in relation to any particular application, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect as if for any of the numbers of days specified in them there were substituted the lower number specified by the Regulator.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 22B inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 232(2); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)