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(1)In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1973 Act” means the M1Fair Trading Act 1973;
“the 1980 Act” means the M2Competition Act 1980;
“access agreement” means—
an access contract entered into pursuant to directions under section 17 or 18 above; or
an installation access contract entered into pursuant to directions under section 19 above;
“access contract” has the meaning given by section 17(6) above;
“access option” shall be construed in accordance with section 17(6) above;
“additional railway asset” has the meaning given by section 29(8) above;
“ancillary service” means any service which is necessary or expedient for giving full effect to any permission or right which a person may have to use any track, station or light maintenance depot;
“appropriate officer” has the meaning given by section 55(10) above;
“the Central Committee” means the Central Rail Users’ Consultative Committee;
“closure” shall be construed in accordance with section 37(1), 38(1), 39(1), 40(1), 41(1) or 42(1) above, as the case may be, and “proposed closure” shall be construed accordingly;
“closure conditions” has the meaning given by section 45 above;
“closure consent” means any decision required by section 43 or 44 above before a proposed closure may take effect;
“consultative committee” means a Rail Users’ Consultative Committee, established under subsection (2) of section 2 above (but this definition is subject to subsection (4) of that section);
“the Director” means the Director General of Fair Trading;
“exempt facility” shall be construed in accordance with section 20(13) above;
“experimental passenger service” has the meaning given by section 48(6) above;
“facility exemption” has the meaning given by section 20(13) above;
“facility owner” has the meaning given by section 17(6) above;
“final order” and “provisional order” have the meaning given by section 55(10) above;
“franchise agreement” has the meaning given by section 23(3) above;
“franchise assets” has the meaning given by section 27(11) above;
“franchise exemption” has the meaning given by section 24(13) above;
“franchise operator” has the meaning given by section 23(3) above;
“franchise period” has the meaning given by section 23(3) above;
“franchise term” has the meaning given by section 23(3) above;
“franchised services” has the meaning given by section 23(3) above;
“franchisee” has the meaning given by section 23(3) above;
“goods” includes mail, parcels, animals, plants and any other creature, substance or thing capable of being transported, but does not include passengers;
“information” includes accounts, estimates, records and returns;
“installation access contract” has the meaning given by section 19(9) above;
“installation owner” has the meaning given by section 19(9) above;
“licence” means a licence under section 8 above and “licence holder” shall be construed accordingly;
“licence exemption” has the meaning given by section 7(13) above;
“light maintenance” (without more) means—
the refuelling, or the cleaning of the exterior, of locomotives or other rolling stock; or
the carrying out to locomotives or other rolling stock of maintenance work of a kind which is normally carried out at regular intervals of twelve months or less to prepare the locomotives or other rolling stock for service;
and, for the purposes of paragraph (b) above, “maintenance work” includes the detection and rectification of any faults;
“light maintenance depot” means any land or other property which is normally used for or in connection with the provision of light maintenance services, whether or not it is also used for other purposes;
“light maintenance depot licence” means a licence authorising a person—
to be the operator of a light maintenance depot; and
to be the operator of a train being used on a network for a purpose preparatory or incidental to, or consequential on, the provision of light maintenance services;
“light maintenance services” has the meaning given by section 82 above;
“locomotive” means any railway vehicle which has the capacity for self-propulsion (whether or not the power by which it operates is derived from a source external to the vehicle);
“network” means—
any railway line, or combination of two or more railway lines, and
any installations associated with any of the track comprised in that line or those lines,
together constituting a system of track and other installations which is used for and in connection with the support, guidance and operation of trains;
“network licence” means a licence authorising a person—
to be the operator of a network;
to be the operator of a train being used on a network for any purpose comprised in the operation of that network; and
to be the operator of a train being used on a network for a purpose preparatory or incidental to, or consequential on, using a train as mentioned in paragraph (b) above;
“network services” has the meaning given by section 82 above;
“notice period” has the meaning given by section 48(13) above;
“operator”, in relation to a railway asset, has the meaning given by section 6(2) above;
“passenger licence” means a licence authorising a person—
to be the operator of a train being used on a network for the purpose of carrying passengers by railway; and
to be the operator of a train being used on a network for a purpose preparatory or incidental to, or consequential on, using a train as mentioned in paragraph (a) above;
“passenger service operator” means a person who provides services for the carriage of passengers by railway;
“premises” includes any land, building or structure;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
“private sector operator” means any body or person other than a public sector operator;
“protected railway company” has the meaning given by section 59(6)(a) above;
“public sector operator” has the meaning given by section 25 above;
“railway” shall be construed in accordance with section 81 above;
“railway asset” has the meaning given by section 6(2) above;
“railway facility” means any track, station or light maintenance depot;
“railway passenger service” means any service for the carriage of passengers by railway;
“railway services” has the meaning given by section 82 above;
“railway vehicle” includes anything which, whether or not it is constructed or adapted to carry any person or load, is constructed or adapted to run on flanged wheels over or along track;
“records” includes computer records and any other records kept otherwise than in a document;
“relevant activities”, in relation to a protected railway company, has the meaning given by section 59(6)(b) above;
“relevant condition or requirement” has the meaning given by section 55(10) above;
“relevant operator” has the meaning given by section 55(10) above;
“rolling stock” means any carriage, wagon or other vehicle used on track and includes a locomotive;
“station” means any land or other property which consists of premises used as, or for the purposes of, or otherwise in connection with, a railway passenger station or railway passenger terminal (including any approaches, forecourt, cycle store or car park), whether or not the land or other property is, or the premises are, also used for other purposes;
“station licence” means a licence authorising a person to be the operator of a station;
“station services” has the meaning given by section 82 above;
“track” means any land or other property comprising the permanent way of any railway, taken together with the ballast, sleepers and metals laid thereon, whether or not the land or other property is also used for other purposes; and any reference to track includes a reference to—
any level crossings, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, culverts, retaining walls, or other structures used or to be used for the support of, or otherwise in connection with, track; and
any walls, fences or other structures bounding the railway or bounding any adjacent or adjoining property;
“train” means—
two or more items of rolling stock coupled together, at least one of which is a locomotive; or
a locomotive not coupled to any other rolling stock;
“vehicle” includes railway vehicle.
(2)For the purposes of this Part, a person shall be regarded as providing or operating services for the carriage of goods by railway notwithstanding that he provides or operates the services solely for the carriage of his own goods or otherwise for his own benefit.
Commencement Information
I1S. 83 wholly in force at 1.4.1994; s. 83 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154(2); s. 83(1) in force for specified purposes and s. 83(2) wholly in force at 24.12.1993 by S.I. 1993/3237, art. 2(1); s. 83(1) in force for further specified purposes at 6.1.1994 by S.I. 1993/3237, art. 2(2); S. 83(1) in force for specified purposes at 22.2.1994 by S.I. 1994/447, art. 2; S. 83 in force at 1.4.1994 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1994/571, art. 5
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