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)It shall be the duty of [F1the Office of Rail Regulation] , so far as it appears to [F2it] practicable from time to time to do so—
(a)to keep under review the provision, both in Great Britain and elsewhere, of railway services; and
(b)to collect information with respect to the provision of those services, with a view to facilitating the exercise of [F3its] functions under this Part.
(2)The Secretary of State may give general directions indicating—
(a)considerations to which [F1the Office of Rail Regulation] should have particular regard in determining the order of priority in which matters are to be brought under review in performing [F3its] duty under subsection (1)(a) or (b) above; and
(b)considerations to which, in cases where it appears to [F1the Office of Rail Regulation] that any of [F3its] functions under this Part are exercisable, [F2it] should have particular regard in determining whether to exercise those functions.
(3)It shall be the duty of [F1the Office of Rail Regulation] , where either [F2it] considers it expedient or [F2it] is requested by the Secretary of State or [F4the OFT] to do so, to give information, advice and assistance to the Secretary of State or [F4the OFT] with respect to any matter in respect of which any function of [F1the Office of Rail Regulation] under this Part is exercisable.
(4)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 69 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(a) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F2Words in s. 69 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(b) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F3Words in s. 69 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(c) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F4Words in s. 69(3) substituted (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 30(10); S.I 2003/766, {art. 2}, Sch. (with transitional and transitory provision in art. 3)
F5S. 69(4) repealed (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 59, 60, Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with s. 14(4)(5), Sch. 11 para. 11(2)); S.I. 2006/2911 {art. 2}, Sch. (subject to the transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-7)