{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossrail-act-2008/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossrail-act-2008/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/18",
  "legislation_title": "Crossrail Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossrail-act-2008",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Power to designate persons as “protected railway companies”",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of a company to which this subsection applies, by order make provision for the company to be treated as a protected railway company for the purposes of Part 1 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43).\n(2) Subsection (1) applies to a company if—\n(a) it is a private sector operator and it has, for the time being, the management of a railway facility that is or is part of, or is associated with, the railway mentioned in section 1(1)(a), or\n(b) it is a private sector operator and it owns, or has rights in relation to, such a railway facility.\n(3) The power to make an order under subsection (1) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(4) In this section “private sector operator” and “railway facility” have the same meanings as in Part 1 of the Railways Act 1993.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/18/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:05:06.752634+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}