The Transport for London (Reserved Services) (London Underground Limited) Exception Order 2003

Made20th June 2003

Laid before Parliament23rd June 2003

Coming into force15th July 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 207(5) and (9) of the Greater London Authority Act 19991 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1.

This Order may be cited as the Transport for London (Reserved Services) (London Underground Limited) Exception Order 2003 and shall come into force on 15th July 2003.

2.

In this Order “the Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

3.

There shall be excepted from section 207(2) of the Act any agreement—

(a)

under which an outside contractor is to provide, or secure the provision of, reserved services in respect of any public service for the carriage of passengers by railway which is under the control of London Underground Limited; and

(b)

to which London Underground Limited was a party immediately before the date on which this Order is made.

4.

In section 207(7) of the Act, in the definition of “station operating function”, paragraph (f) shall be omitted.

Tony McNulty

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

20th June 2003

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order exempts Transport for London from the requirement to obtain the consent of the Secretary of State to continue the operation of contracts which have been entered into by London Underground Limited before this Order is made for the provision of services which are reserved services for the purposes of section 207 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Reserved services are services which relate to the performance of any station-operating function or any train-operating function.

The Order also amends the definition of station-operating function in section 207(7) of that Act by deleting subsection (f) of that definition which relates to the duties of staff employed at a place from which the operation of the whole or part of any station is controlled.