{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elsecar-steam-railway-order-1996/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elsecar-steam-railway-order-1996/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/937",
  "legislation_title": "The Elsecar Steam Railway Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elsecar-steam-railway-order-1996",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Power to transfer or lease railway",
  "text": "(1) The Council may, with the consent in writing of the Secretary of State—\n(a) transfer to another person (“the transferee”) the right to operate the railway (or any part of it) and such related rights as may be agreed between the Council and the transferee, or\n(b) grant to another person (“the lessee”) for a period agreed between the Council and the lessee the right to operate the railway (or any part of it) and such related statutory rights as may be so agreed.\n(2) The terms of any agreement made by virtue of paragraph (1) above shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.\n(3) Where an agreement is made by virtue of paragraph (1) above references in this Order to the Council shall, if and to the extent that the agreement so provides, have effect as references to the transferee or the lessee, as the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/937/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:46:30.828729+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}