Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the closures guidance which is required to be published by the Secretary of State and Scottish Ministers. The closures guidance relates to the following proposals:
proposals to discontinue any Scotland-only service or services;
proposals to discontinue any cross border service;
proposals to discontinue a network or part of a network that is wholly in Scotland; and
proposals to discontinue the use or operation of any station or part of a station that is wholly in Scotland.
“Cross-border services” are defined in section 83 of the Railways Act 1993 and that definition has effect in the Railways Act 2005 as a result of section 58(2) of the Railways Act 2005.
A copy of the closures guidance may be obtained from The Stationery Office Limited (mail, telephone, fax and e-mail orders only) PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN (telephone orders 0870 600 5522, fax orders 0870 600 5533, e-mail [email protected], textphone 0870 240 3701, internet http://www.tso.co.uk/bookshop) and from The Stationery Office bookshops or can be downloaded free of charge from the Department for Transport website at: www.dft.gov.uk or the Transport Scotland website at www.transportscotland.gov.uk.
A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities, voluntary bodies or the private sector.