PART 4E+W+SMISCELLANEOUS

General duties of the Rail Passengers' CouncilE+W+S

17.—(1) Subsection (5) of section 76 of the 1993 Act M1 (general duties of the [F1Passengers’ Council]) has effect in relation to holders of [F2railway undertaking] licences and to SNRPs as if—

(a)the reference to the holder of a passenger licence included a reference to the holder of a [F2railway undertaking] licence which authorises the carriage of passengers by railway;

(b)the reference to any condition of the licence included a reference to any condition of a SNRP held by the holder of the [F2railway undertaking] licence;

(c)the reference to the Secretary of State, in the second and third places where it occurs, included a reference to the ORR; and

(d)the reference to the Secretary of State exercising such of his powers as he considers appropriate included a reference to the ORR exercising such of its powers as it considers appropriate.

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Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1Section 76(5) was amended by the Transport Act 2000, Schedule 22, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 8, and Schedule 17, Part 2, paragraphs 17 and 20, and the Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), Schedule 1, paragraph 32.