SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACTS 1993 AND 2005

PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACT 2005

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1

Section 29 (proposal by operator to close station)42 is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (10)(b) after “the Secretary of State” insert “, subject to subsection (11)”.

3

After subsection (10) insert—

11

The Welsh Ministers, rather than the Secretary of State, are “the national authority” in relation to a proposal relating to a station, or part of a station, that—

a

is wholly in Wales, and

b

is, immediately before the notice under subsection (3) is given, a station to which subsection (12) applies or part of such a station.

12

This subsection applies to a station at which the only scheduled calls made by any railway passenger service are those made by a railway passenger service provided under a Welsh franchise agreement or secured to any extent by the Welsh Ministers.