Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I (ss. 1-83) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 21(6)
C2Pt. 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
I1Pt. 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)
(1)This section applies in any case where—
(a)the whole or some part of a station or light maintenance depot (“the relevant facility”) is operated on behalf of the [F2Authority]; and
(b)the [F2Authority] proposes to discontinue the operation of the relevant facility or of some part of the relevant facility (in this section referred to as a “closure").
(2)If in a case where this section applies—
(a)the closure is [F3determined by the Authority to be] a minor closure,
(b)the relevant facility or, as the case may be, the part of the relevant facility in question has at no time within the preceding five years been used in connection with the provision of any services for the carriage of passengers by railway, or
(c)the relevant facility is, or is part of, one of those stations or light maintenance depots which are designated, or which are of a class or description designated, by order under section 49(5) below as stations or light maintenance depots in relation to which section 41 above is not to have effect,
the [F4Authority] may discontinue the operation of the relevant facility or, as the case may be, the part of the relevant facility in question, notwithstanding any duty imposed upon [F4the Authority] by or under this Part to secure its operation, and subsections (4) and (5) below shall not apply in relation to the closure.
(3)In determining for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) above whether the relevant facility or, as the case may be, the part of the relevant facility in question has at any time within the period there mentioned been used in connection with the provision of services for the carriage of passengers by railway, there shall be left out of account any use in connection with the provision of services—
(a)which involve travel through the Channel Tunnel;
(b)which are experimental passenger services, within the meaning of section 48 below, or which are provided on an experimental basis, for the purposes of section 56A of the M1Transport Act 1962; or
(c)which are provided otherwise than as regular scheduled services.
(4)Subject to subsection (2) above, where this section applies, the [F5Authority] shall publish in two successive weeks in a local newspaper circulating in the area affected and in two national newspapers, and in such other manner as appears to [F5it] to be appropriate, a notice containing—
(a)particulars of the proposal to effect the closure,
(b)the date on which it is proposed that the closure will take effect,
(c)particulars of any alternative facilities which appear to [F5it] to be available for the provision of services corresponding to those provided by means of the relevant facility or, as the case may be, the part of the relevant facility in question,
(d)the addresses of the premises at which a statement of the reasons for the proposed closure can be inspected, or from which a copy of that statement can be obtained, and any fees payable for copies of the statement,
(e)a statement that objections to the proposed closure may be lodged with the [F6Secretary of State] within such period as may be specified for the purpose in the notice (being not less than six weeks from the date of the last publication of the notice in a local newspaper),
and shall be under a duty during the interim period to secure the operation of the relevant facility or, as the case may be, the part of the relevant facility to which the proposed closure relates.
(5)Subject to subsection (2) above and without prejudice to any subsequent application of this section in relation to the relevant facility or the part of the relevant facility in question—
(a)if the final decision on the closure question is that the proposed closure will not be allowed to take effect, the [F7Authority] shall be under a duty to secure the operation of the relevant facility or, as the case may be, the part of the relevant facility after the interim period; and
(b)if the final decision on the closure question is that the proposed closure will be allowed to take effect subject to compliance with conditions, the [F7Authority] shall be under a duty to comply with those conditions or to secure [F8(in accordance with sections 55 to 58 below)] that they are complied with.
(6)In this section—
“the area affected” means the area in which is situated the relevant facility or, as the case may be, the part of the relevant facility in question;
“the final decision on the closure question” means— [F9the Secretary of State’s decision under section 43(9) below with respect to the proposed closure;]
“the interim period” means the period beginning with the date mentioned in subsection (4)(b) above and ending four weeks after the date of the final decision on the closure question;
“minor closure” has the same meaning as it has in section 41 above.
(7)The stations and light maintenance depots and the parts of stations and light maintenance depots that are to be regarded for the purposes of this section as operated on behalf of the [F1Authority] are the same stations and light maintenance depots and parts of stations and light maintenance depots as are to be so regarded for the purposes of section 41 above.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 42(7) and sidenote substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 215, Sch. 16 para. 27(6); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II) (which S.I. was amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 2(2))
F2Words in s. 42(1) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 215, Sch. 16 para. 27(2); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II) (which S.I. was amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 2(2))
F3Words in s. 42(2)(a) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 216), Sch. 17 para. 25(1); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F4Words in s. 42(2) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 215, Sch. 16 para. 27(3); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II) (which S.I. was amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 2(2))
F5Words in s. 42(4) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 215, Sch. 16 para. 27(4); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II) (which S.I. was amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 2(2))
F6Words in s. 42(4)(e) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 234(1) (with Sch. 28 paras. 12, 17); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F7Words in s. 42(6) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 215, Sch. 16 para. 27(5); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II) (which S.I. was amended by S.I. 2001/115, art. 2(2))
F8Words in s. 42(5)(b) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 236(4); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F9S. 42(6): words in definition of
“the final decision on the closure question”
substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 234(2) (with Sch. 28 paras. 12, 17); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F10S. 42(8) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 42 excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 17(4)
Marginal Citations