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The Railways Regulations 1998

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Revocation and transitional provisions

    3. 3.Interpretation

    4. 4.Scope

  3. PART II INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT

    1. 5.Separation of accounts between transport operations and infrastructure management and prohibition of transfer of state aid

    2. 6.Balancing infrastructure fees and infrastructure expenditure

    3. 7.Calculation of, and rules for the determination of, fees for the use of railway infrastructure

    4. 8.Information to be provided by infrastructure managers

    5. 9.International Rail Regulator

  4. PART III ACCESS AND TRANSIT MATTERS

    1. 10.Allocation bodies

    2. 11.Allocation of infrastructure capacity: application in Great Britain

    3. 12.Allocation of infrastructure capacity: application outside Great Britain

    4. 13.Safety certificates

    5. 14.Appeals in respect of allocation of infrastructure capacity or the charging of fees

  5. PART IV INTERNATIONAL LICENCES

    1. 15.Prohibition of unlicensed provision of international services

    2. 16.Appointment of licensing authority and grant of international licences

    3. 17.Modification of international licences

    4. 18.Validity of international licences

    5. 19.Monitoring, suspension and revocation of international licences

    6. 20.Conditions of international licences

  6. PART V MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 21.Amendment of Railways Act 1993

    2. 22.Statutory authority to run trains

    3. 23.International groupings and railway undertakings granted access or transit rights not to be common carriers

    4. 24.Application of enactments concerning railways

    5. 25.International groupings

    6. 26.Civil proceedings

    7. 27.Making of false statements etc.

    8. 28.Offences by bodies corporate and Scottish partnerships

    9. 29.Restrictions on disclosure of information

    10. 30.Offences outside the United Kingdom

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      ACCESS FEES

      1. 1.Subject to rules 2 to 5, a fee for the...

      2. 2.The amount referred to in rule 1(b) shall be such...

      3. 3.In determining a fee, account shall be taken of the...

      4. 4.A fee may be increased or decreased by an amount...

      5. 5.A fee may be increased or decreased, in accordance with...

      6. 6.In this Schedule:— “common costs” means the costs incurred by...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      THE INTERNATIONAL RAIL REGULATOR

      1. 1.Remuneration, pensions etc.

      2. 2.Staff

      3. 3.Expenses of the International Rail Regulator and his staff

      4. 4.Official Seal

      5. 5.Performance of functions

      6. 6.Documentary evidence

      7. 7.The Parliamentary Commissioner

      8. 8.Parliamentary disqualification etc.

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      QUALIFICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL LICENCE

      1. Good Repute

        1. 1.In determining whether a railway undertaking is of good repute...

        2. 2.Without prejudice to the generality of his powers under paragraph...

        3. 3.(1) For the purpose of paragraph 2 a person has...

        4. 4.(1) Any reference in paragraph 3 to an offence under...

        5. 5.In paragraphs 1 and 2 the reference to any appropriate...

      2. Financial Fitness

        1. 6.Subject to paragraph 8 an applicant for an international licence...

        2. 7.For the purpose of demonstrating its financial fitness a railway...

        3. 8.The International Rail Regulator shall not find the railway undertaking...

        4. 9.Without prejudice to paragraph 7(f), the International Rail Regulator may...

      3. Professional Competence

        1. 10.For the purposes of these Regulations the requirements of professional...

        2. 11.A railway undertaking shall provide to the International Rail Regulator...

        3. 12.The information referred to in paragraph 11 shall in all...

      4. Insurance Cover

        1. 13.(1) An applicant for an international licence shall be considered...

  9. Explanatory Note

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