Amendment of the Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railways Undertakings) Regulations 2016
7.—(1) The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—
(a)in the definition of “applicant” for “Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007” substitute “the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023”;
(b)in the definition of “competent authority” for “Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007” substitute “regulation 2 of the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023”;
(c)in the definition of ““public passenger transport”, “public service contract” and “public service operator””, for “public passenger transport” substitute “public passenger transport services” and for “Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007” substitute “regulation 2 of the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023”;
(d)omit the definition of “Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007”;
(e)in the definition of “relevant public service contract” after “transport” insert “services”;
(f)in the definition of “relevant public service operator” after “transport” insert “services”.
(3) In regulation 9 (separation of accounts), in paragraph (2)(b) omit “in accordance with article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007”.