Part 6General and supplemental

Supplemental

60Short title, commencement and extent

1

This Act may be cited as the Railways Act 2005.

2

This Act (apart from this section and section 56(1)) shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State by order appoints; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

3

The Secretary of State may by order make such transitional provisions and savings in connection with the bringing into force of—

a

section 21,

b

Part 4 of this Act, or

c

the repeal of sections 37 to 49 of the 1993 Act or of Schedule 5 to that Act (closures),

as he thinks fit.

4

An order containing provision made by virtue of subsection (3) is subject to the negative resolution procedure.

5

The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales only—

a

section 13;

b

section 39; and

c

section 52.

6

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.