Transport for London shall not, without the consent of the Secretary of State, enter into or carry out any agreement under which an outside contractor is to provide or secure the provision of a reserved service for Transport for London or a subsidiary of Transport for London.

Nothing in this section applies in relation to a contract of employment between an individual and Transport for London or a subsidiary of Transport for London.

The Secretary of State may by order provide exceptions from subsection (2) or (3) above.

For the purposes of this section—

• station-operating function means any of the following functions—

  1. a

     the sale or collection of tickets at stations;

  2. b

     the inspection of tickets, or the imposing of penalty fares, at or in the vicinity of a station, but otherwise than on a train;

  3. c

     the making of oral public announcements at stations;

  4. d

     the provision of information orally to members of the public at stations, otherwise than by means of public announcements;

  5. e

     any duties of staff employed on platforms at stations;

  6. f

     any duties of staff employed at a place from which the operation of the whole or part of a station is controlled (whether or not the operation of trains is also controlled from that place);

  7. g

     any other function involved in the management or operation of a station;

• train-operating function means any of the following functions—

  1. a

     the driving of passenger trains otherwise than within a depot;

  2. b

     any duties of guards on passenger trains;

  3. c

     the sale, collection or inspection of tickets, or the imposing of penalty fares, on passenger trains;

  4. d

     the operation of signals for controlling the movement of passenger trains otherwise than within a depot;

  5. e

     the exercise of control over the movement of passenger trains otherwise than within a depot;

  6. f

     any other function involved in the operation of passenger trains otherwise than within a depot.

In this section—

• contract of employment means any contract of service or apprenticeship;

• outside contractor means a person other than Transport for London or a subsidiary of Transport for London;

• passenger train means a train which is being, has just been, or is about to be, used for the provision of a TfL passenger rail service;

• premises includes any land, building or structure;

• railway has the meaning given in section 67(1) of the M1Transport and Works Act 1992;

• reserved service shall be construed in accordance with subsection (1) above;

• 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;

• TfL passenger rail service means any public service for the carriage of passengers by railway which is under the control of Transport for London or a subsidiary of Transport for London;

• ticket includes any other authority to travel or to be present in a part of a station where such an authority is required.