SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACTS 1993 AND 2005

PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACT 2005

54.—(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;.