SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACTS 1993 AND 2005

PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAYS ACT 2005

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1

Section 57 (meaning of “Wales-only service” and “Welsh service”) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in the definition of “Wales-only service”—

i

after paragraph (a) omit “and”;

ii

omit paragraph (b);

b

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “Welsh component of a Welsh service” means a Welsh service (other than a Wales-only service) so far as it involves the carriage of passengers by railway in Wales, but not any part of the service excluded by subsection (1A);

3

After subsection (1) insert—

1A

For the purposes of the definition of “Welsh component of a Welsh service” in subsection (1) the following parts of a service are excluded—

a

any part of the service after the last scheduled call wholly in Wales before each occasion when the service leaves Wales;

b

any part of the service before the first scheduled call wholly in Wales after each occasion when the service enters Wales; and

c

any part of the service between two scheduled calls not wholly in Wales where there is no intervening scheduled call wholly in Wales.

4

Omit subsections (2) and (3).