# The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (Railways) Order 2018, Paragraph 40


(1) Section 12 (transfer schemes at end of franchising agreements) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3)—
(a) after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) the Welsh Ministers;”;
(b) in paragraph (c) after “the Secretary of State” insert “, the Welsh Ministers”;
(c) after paragraph (d) omit “and” and insert—
“(da) a company which is jointly owned by the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers; and”.
(3) In subsection (8), in the definition of “the appropriate national authority”—
(a) before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za) in relation to a franchise agreement the franchised services under which consist of Wales-only services, the Welsh Ministers;”;
(b) omit paragraph (a);
(c) after paragraph (b) insert—
“(c) in relation to any other franchise agreement, the Secretary of State;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111165935/schedule/paragraph/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welsh-ministers-transfer-of-functions-railways-order-2018/schedule/paragraph-40
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