PART 1Strategic highways companies
Oversight
I1I210Monitor
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F1The Office of Rail and Road must carry out activities to monitor how a strategic highways company exercises its functions.
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Those activities may include investigating, publishing reports or giving advice to the Secretary of State on—
a
whether, how and at what cost a strategic highways company has achieved its objectives under a Road Investment Strategy,
b
objectives for a future Road Investment Strategy, and
c
the effect of directions and guidance given by the Secretary of State to a strategic highways company under this Part.
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The Office may direct a strategic highways company to provide such information as the Office considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out activities under subsection (1).
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A direction under subsection (3) may specify the form and manner in which the information is to be provided.
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A direction under subsection (3) may not require—
a
production of a document which the strategic highways company could not be compelled to produce in civil proceedings, or
b
provision of information which the company could not be compelled to give in evidence in such proceedings.
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The strategic highways company must comply with a direction under subsection (3).
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The Secretary of State must, in exercising functions under this Part, have regard to any advice given to him or her by the Office under this section.
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The Secretary of State must lay a report published by the Office under this section before Parliament.
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In Part 2 (Office of Rail Regulation) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, after section 15 insert—
15AChange of name
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The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the body established by section 15 to be known by a different name.
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Regulations under this section may amend this Act or any other enactment, whenever passed or made.
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Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.
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A statutory instrument which contains regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.