issuing an invitation to tender for a franchise agreement in a case in which the services to be provided under the agreement are or include services in which a Passenger Transport Executive for an area in England have an interest, or

entering into a franchise agreement in respect of such services in a case in which no such invitation has been issued,

services for the carriage of passengers by railway within the passenger transport area of that Executive; and

services which are not such services but are services for the carriage of passengers by railway to or from such an area.

sums become due from the Executive to the Secretary of State in respect of services for the carriage of passengers by railway within that area or in respect of station services or bus substitution services provided within that area; and

the Secretary of State undertakes to exercise or perform his powers and duties in relation to or in connection with such services in a particular way.

services for the carriage of passengers by railway within that area; and

station services provided for purposes connected with any such services.

with a person who is a franchisee or franchise operator in relation to a franchise agreement, or

with a person who is proposing to become such a franchisee or franchise operator,

give a general approval for the purposes of subsection (5) in relation to a description of agreements, as well as specific approvals for particular agreements; and

withdraw his approval in relation to any agreement at any time before the agreement is entered into.

the other reasonably requires for purposes connected with his or their functions in relation to railways or railway services; and

is information which it would have been lawful for him or (as the case may be) them to disclose apart from this subsection.

a reference to a service for the carriage of passengers by railway within a passenger transport area is a reference to a service for the carriage of passengers by railway between places in that area or between places in that area and places outside it which are within the permitted distance;

a reference to station services provided within such an area is a reference to station services provided in connection with any such service for the carriage of passengers by railway; and

a reference to a bus substitution service provided within such an area is a reference to a bus substitution service for the carriage of passengers between places in that area or between places in that area and places outside it which are within the permitted distance;