The Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005

4.—(1) To the extent that the licence relates to the provision of services to which regulation 9 applies, the licence shall have effect on and after the relevant date and for the purposes of Part 3 of these Regulations as if— E+W+S

(a) it were a SNRP issued pursuant to these Regulations by the ORR;

(b) any reference in the licence to “licence holder” or “licence” were to “SNRP holder” or “SNRP” respectively;

(c) in Part I (Scope) of the licence—

(i) any reference to section 8 of the Railways Act 1993 (as amended) (“the Act”), were to regulation 10 of the Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 (“the Regulations”);

(ii) any reference to authorising the licence holder to be the operator of trains were omitted;

(iii) any reference to the licence being revoked in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule (Terms as to Revocation) to the licence or by notice were a reference to the SNRP being revoked in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the ORR template headed “Passenger SNRP (Standard)” or Part IV of the ORR template headed “Freight SNRP (Standard)”, as appropriate;

(d) for Parts II (Interpretation) and III (Conditions) of and the Schedule (Terms as to Revocation) to the licence, there were substituted Parts II, III and IV of the ORR template headed “Passenger SNRP (Standard)” or Parts II, III or IV of the ORR template headed “Freight SNRP (Standard)”, as appropriate; and

(e) the provisions of regulations 10(3) and 11 to 19 applied in relation to the SNRP and the SNRP holder.

(2) The ORR templates referred to in paragraph (1) are the templates with the appropriate headings published by the ORR on 25th October 2005.

(3) Any approval or consent given before the relevant date, in relation to a condition in Part III of the licence shall have effect on and after the relevant date as if given in relation to any equivalent condition in the SNRP.

(4) Where any act has been done before the relevant date in relation to a condition in Part III of the licence or in relation to a term in the Schedule to the licence, nothing in sub-paragraph (1) requires that act to be repeated.