Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003

Part 2Other Acts

General

19In the following enactments for a reference to the Rail Regulator there shall be substituted a reference to the Office of Rail Regulation—

(a)section 13 of the Transport Act 1962 (c. 46) (Boards' powers of manufacture),

(b)Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13) (departments subject to jurisdiction),

(c)section 133 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41) (disclosure of information),

(d)section 174 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) (disclosure of information),

(e)section 10 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) (disclosure of information),

(f)section 19 of the Competition Act 1980 (c. 21) (disclosure of information),

(g)section 101 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12) (disclosure of information),

(h)section 41A of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32) (access contracts),

(i)section 74 of the Airports Act 1986 (c. 31) (disclosure of information),

(j)section 9E of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (c. 46) (disqualification for competition infringement),

(k)section 38 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43) (disclosure of information),

(l)Schedule 15 to the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) (disclosure of information),

(m)Schedule 24 to the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) (disclosure of information),

(n)Schedules 2 and 4 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) (sectoral regulators),

(o)sections 17, 21 and 22 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61) (rail legislation and regulator),

(p)section 54 of, Part I of Schedule 10 to and Schedule 11 to the Competition Act 1998 (c. 41) (regulators),

(q)sections 199, 200, 228(2) and (3) and 235 of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 18 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29),

(r)Schedule 7 to the Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26) (disclosure of information),

(s)section 105 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) (disclosure of information),

(t)the following provisions of the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)—

(i)section 206 (strategies),

(ii)section 216 (assumption of certain functions of Regulator),

(iii)paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 (disclosure of information),

(iv)paragraph 13 of Schedule 10 (disclosure of information),

(v)Part III of Schedule 17 (transfers to SRA from Regulator), and

(vi)Part II of Schedule 26 (transfers to SRA: tax), and

(u)sections 136 and 168 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) (investigations and regulated markets).

20In addition to the amendments effected by paragraph 19, the following enactments shall be amended as specified.

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)

21In Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (offices disqualifying for membership)—

(a)in Part II (bodies of which all members are disqualified) at the appropriate place insert—

“The Office of Rail Regulation.”, and

(b)in Part III (other disqualifying offices) omit the entry relating to the Rail Regulator.

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61)

22In sections 21 and 22 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996—

(a)for “he” and “him”, where they refer to the Rail Regulator, substitute “it”, and

(b)for “his”, where it refers to the Rail Regulator, substitute “its”.

Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)

23For section 228(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (the heading to which becomes “PPP arbiter also Member of Office of Rail Regulation: duties of staff”) substitute—

“(1)Subsections (2) and (3) shall apply while a member of the Office of Rail Regulation holds the office of PPP arbiter.”

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8)

24In the table in Part I of Schedule 19 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (competition information) for the entry numbered 11 substitute—