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Transport (Scotland) Act 2005

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Chapter 2Transport functions: further provisions

13Transfer to Scottish Ministers of certain rail provisions

(1)The Scottish Ministers may, by order, provide for any function of the kind specified in subsection (2) below which they think fit to be carried out by them—

(a)instead of the person who, immediately before it was so provided, was responsible for carrying the function out; or

(b)concurrently with that person.

(2)That kind of function consists of any statutory function—

(a)which relates to the provision or regulation of rail services; and

(b)which was immediately before the provision referred to in subsection (1) above carried out by—

(i)the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority; or

(ii)the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.

(3)An order under subsection (1) above may modify any enactment.

14Arrangements for performance by regional Transport Partnership of certain transport functions etc.

A Transport Partnership may enter into arrangements with the Scottish Ministers, a council or any other person having statutory functions relating to transport being arrangements under which the Partnership—

(a)does, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, the council or that other person, such things relating to transport as are specified in the arrangements;

(b)provides such services for the purposes of, or in connection with, transport as are so specified.

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