Article 16 Transfer of functions of other railway operators relating to works

If the Secretary of State acquires any land for the purposes of this Order from a railway operator and there are situated on the land works authorised by statute, he (or Union Railways with the approval of the Secretary of State) may enter into an agreement with the railway operator for the transfer of any statutory power or duty relating to the works previously exercisable by the railway operator to him or Union Railways.

In paragraph (1) above, references to a railway operator are to a person who has the management for the time being of a network, station or light maintenance depot.

In this article, “light maintenance depot”, “network” and “station” have the same meaning as in Part I of the Railways Act 1993^f1.