Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the grant of exemptions from the licensing, access, franchising and closure provisions of the Railways Act 1993 (“the Act”) to London Regional Transport and their subsidiaries.
Article 3 exempts every LRT company (i. e. London Regional Transport and each of their subsidiaries) from the requirement to hold a licence to be the operator of—
(a)any network, station or light maintenance depot which is used solely in connection with services provided by an LRT company;
(b)any train being used for purposes associated with the operation of any such network, or the provision of light maintenance services at any such depot.
Article 4 grants an exemption from sections 17 and 18 of the Act (access to railway facilities) to every LRT company in respect of track comprised in the network referred to in article 3, together with the stations and light maintenance depots mentioned in that article. In addition the facility exemption applies to parts of LRT stations which are used solely in connection with services provided by an LRT company.
Article 5 provides that services provided by any LRT company are to be exempt from section 23(1) of the Act (designation of passenger services as eligible for franchising).
Article 6 provides that the closure provisions in Part I of the Act are not to apply to services provided by, or networks, stations or light maintenance depots operated by, any LRT company.