206 Strategies.E+W+S
(1)The Authority shall formulate, and keep under review, strategies with respect to its purposes.
(2)The Authority shall consult—
(a)the Scottish Ministers,
(b)the National Assembly for Wales,
(c)the Regulator, and
(d)such other persons as the Authority thinks fit,
before formulating a strategy and from time to time as part of keeping its strategies under review.
(3)The Secretary of State may give the Authority directions and guidance in relation to its strategies, in particular in relation to—
(a)the matters to be covered by them,
(b)the issues to be taken into account in formulating them,
(c)the strategy to be adopted in relation to any matter, and
(d)the updating of them.
(4)The strategies formulated by the Authority shall include one relating to services in various parts of Great Britain for facilitating the carriage of passengers or goods by rail by way of the Channel Tunnel.
(5)The Authority shall publish its strategies in such manner as it considers appropriate.