Railways Act 1993 (c. 43)

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)

Closures U.K.

45 Closure conditions: general. E+W+S

(1) In this Part, “closure conditions” means the conditions subject to compliance with which consent to a closure is given.

(2) Closure conditions—

(a) may impose requirements on the [F1 Authority] with respect to the times at which, or stages by which, a closure is to take effect;

(b) may require the [F1 Authority] to secure the provision of [F2 an alternative service for the carriage of passengers by road (in this Part referred to as a “bus substitution service")]

(3) The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the generality of the closure conditions that may be imposed in any case.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 45(2) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 215, Sch. 16 para. 29; 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))

F2 Words in s. 45(2)(b) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 252, Sch. 27 para. 27; 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)

C3 S. 45 excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 17(4)