PART 4MISCELLANEOUS

General duties of the Rail Passengers' Council17

1

Subsection (5) of section 76 of the 1993 Act M1 (general duties of the F1Passengers’ Council) has effect in relation to holders of European licences and to SNRPs as if—

a

the reference to the holder of a passenger licence included a reference to the holder of a European licence which authorises the carriage of passengers by railway;

b

the reference to any condition of the licence included a reference to any condition of a SNRP held by the holder of the European licence;

c

the reference to the Secretary of State, in the second and third places where it occurs, included a reference to the ORR; and

d

the reference to the Secretary of State exercising such of his powers as he considers appropriate included a reference to the ORR exercising such of its powers as it considers appropriate.

2

In paragraph (1), the expression “European licence” includes a licence granted pursuant to any action taken by an EEA State for the purpose of implementing the 1995 Directive.