SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACTS 1993 AND 2005

PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACT 2005

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1

Section 40 (substitute road services) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (4) in paragraph (a) after the second “service” insert “(other than a Welsh service provided under a Welsh franchise agreement or secured to any extent by the Welsh Ministers)”.

3

In that subsection, after paragraph (a) insert—

aa

in a case where that railway passenger service is a Welsh service provided under a Welsh franchise agreement (but is not a Wales-only service), the Secretary of State in relation to the service to the extent that it is not a Welsh component of a Welsh service;

ab

in the case of a railway passenger service that is a Welsh service secured to any extent by the Welsh Ministers (but is not a Wales-only service), the Secretary of State in relation to the service to the extent that it is not so secured;

4

In that subsection for paragraph (c) substitute—

c

in a case where that railway passenger service is a Wales-only service, the Welsh Ministers;

d

in a case where that railway passenger service is a Welsh service provided under a Welsh franchise agreement (but is not a Wales-only service), the Welsh Ministers in relation to the service to the extent that it is a Welsh component of a Welsh service;

e

in a case where that railway passenger service is a Welsh service secured to any extent by the Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers in relation to the service to the extent that it is so secured;