Part 5Further miscellaneous provisions
Duties of co-operation
51ORR to assist and advise national authorities
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It shall be the duty of the Office of Rail Regulation to comply with every reasonable requirement of the Secretary of State—
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to provide him with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of his in relation to railways or railway services;
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to provide him with information or advice about a matter relevant to the railway safety purposes; or
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otherwise to provide him with assistance in relation to a matter that is connected with such a function or activity or is relevant to those purposes.
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It shall be the duty of the Office of Rail Regulation to comply with every reasonable requirement of the Scottish Ministers—
a
to provide them with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of theirs in relation to railways or railway services; or
b
otherwise to provide them with assistance in relation to a matter that is connected with such a function or activity.
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It shall be the duty of the Office of Rail Regulation to comply with every reasonable requirement of the National Assembly for Wales to provide the Assembly with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of the Assembly in relation to railways or railway services.
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References in this section to the functions of a person in relation to railways or railway services include references, in particular, to all that person's functions under Part 1 of the 1993 Act, Part 4 of the 2000 Act or this Act.
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In this section “railway safety purposes” has the same meaning as in Schedule 3.