Part IU.K. The Provision of Railway Services

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)

Railway administration orders, winding up and insolvencyE+W+S

59 Meaning and effect of railway administration order.E+W+S

(1)A “railway administration order” is an order of the court made in accordance with section 60, 61 or 62 below in relation to a protected railway company and directing that, during the period for which the order is in force, the affairs, business and property of the company shall be managed, by a person appointed by the court,—

(a)for the achievement of the purposes of such an order; and

(b)in a manner which protects the respective interests of the members and creditors of the company.

(2)The purposes of a railway administration order made in relation to any company shall be—

(a)the transfer to another company, or (as respects different parts of its undertaking) to two or more different companies, as a going concern, of so much of the company’s undertaking as it is necessary to transfer in order to ensure that the relevant activities may be properly carried on; and

(b)the carrying on of those relevant activities pending the making of the transfer.

(3)Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect for applying provisions of the M1Insolvency Act 1986 where a railway administration order is made.

(4)Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect for enabling provision to be made with respect to cases in which, in pursuance of a railway administration order, another company is to carry on all or any of the relevant activities of a protected railway company in place of that company.

(5)Without prejudice to paragraph 20 of Schedule 6 to this Act, the power conferred by section 411 of the M2Insolvency Act 1986 to make rules shall apply for the purpose of giving effect to the railway administration order provisions of this Act as it applies for the purpose of giving effect to Parts I to VII of that Act, but taking any reference in that section to those Parts as a reference to those provisions.

(6)For the purposes of this Part—

[F1(za)“appropriate national authority”—

(i)in relation to a Scottish protected railway company or a company subject to a railway administration order that was such a company when the order was made, means the Scottish Ministers; F2...

[F3(ia)in relation to a Welsh protected railway company or a company subject to a railway administration order that was such a company when the order was made, means the Welsh Ministers; and]

(ii)in relation to any other protected railway company or company subject to a railway administration order, means the Secretary of State;]

(a)protected railway company” means a company which is both a private sector operator and the holder of—

(i)a passenger licence [F4or a [F5railway undertaking] licence which authorises the carriage of passengers by railway (or both)]; or

(ii)a network licence, a station licence or a light maintenance depot licence; F6. . .

(b)the “relevant activities”, in relation to a protected railway company, are—

(i)in the case of a company which is the holder of a [F4or a European licence which authorises the carriage of passengers by railway (or both)] passenger licence, the carriage of passengers by railway; or

(ii)in the case of a company which is the holder of a network licence, a station licence or a light maintenance depot licence, the management of a network, a station or a light maintenance depot, according to the description of licence in question.

[F7(c)Scottish protected railway company” means a protected railway company that is such a company only in respect of activities carried on by it as franchise operator in relation to a Scottish franchise agreement.]

[F8(d)“Welsh protected railway company” means a protected railway company that is such a company only in respect of activities carried on by it as franchise operator in relation to a Welsh franchise agreement the franchised services under which consist of Wales-only services.]

(7)In this section—

Textual Amendments

F1S. 59(6)(za) inserted (16.10.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 49(1)(a), 60; S.I. 2005/2812, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F7S. 59(6)(c) inserted (16.10.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 49(1)(b); S.I. 2005/2812, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 59(6) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 19(1)

Marginal Citations