Paragraph 18

(1)

Section 59 (meaning and effect of railway administration order)^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (6)—

(a)

in paragraph (za) after sub-paragraph (i) omit “and” and insert—

“(ia)
in relation to a Welsh protected railway company or a company subject to a railway administration order that was such a company when the order was made, means the Welsh Ministers; and”;

(b)

after paragraph (c) insert—

“(d)
“Welsh protected railway company” means a protected railway company that is such a company only in respect of activities carried on by it as franchise operator in relation to a Welsh franchise agreement the franchised services under which consist of Wales-only services.”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 59 was amended by the Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), section 49(1) and Schedule 13, Part 1; the Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3050), Schedule 1, paragraph 3(5); and the Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), Schedule 1, paragraph 143(3).