SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Bye-laws by railway operators

Confirmation

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1

A railway operator who proposes to make bye-laws must publish a notice stating—

a

that he proposes to make bye-laws;

b

the manner in which a copy of the proposed bye-laws will be open to public inspection; and

c

that any person affected by the proposed bye-laws may make representations about them to the appropriate national authority within the period specified in the notice.

2

The publication of the notice must be in the manner approved by the appropriate national authority.

3

The period specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c) must be the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which the railway operator's notice is published, or a longer period.

4

At the end of the period so specified the appropriate national authority must forward any representations that have been made to it to the railway operator.

5

The railway operator must not submit the bye-laws for confirmation unless he has considered the representations forwarded by the appropriate national authority.