# The Railway Byelaws Amendment Order 2013

S.I. 2013/3269 · made 20 December 2013

This Order makes an amendment to the national Railway Byelaws made by the Strategic Rail Authority in 2005 and amended by the Railway Byelaws Amendment Order 2011.

Made under: Railways Act 2005 (Section 46)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/railway-byelaws-amendment-order-2013/pdf/uksi_20133269_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Transport
Railways
Made 20th December 2013
Coming into force 18th January 2014
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 46(5) of the Railways Act 2005, makes the following Order.

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Railway Byelaws Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force 29 days after the day on which it is made.

## 2 Amendment of the Railway Byelaws

(1) The Railway Byelaws made under section 219 of the Transport Act 2000 by the Strategic Rail Authority as amended by the Railway Byelaws Amendment Order 2011 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule Two at the end of that Schedule add “Merseyrail Electrics 2002 Limited”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Stephen Hammond
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
20th December 2013

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)(This note is not part of the Regulations)
This Order makes an amendment to the national Railway Byelaws made by the Strategic Rail Authority in 2005 and amended by the Railway Byelaws Amendment Order 2011.
Schedule Two of the national Railway Byelaws is referred to in the definition of “Operator” in Byelaw 25(1) and operates to exclude certain undertakings from that definition. This also has the effect of excluding railway assets owned or under the management of those undertakings from the definition of “railway”.
Article 2(2) amends Schedule Two by inserting “Merseyrail Electrics Limited 2002” with the effect that railway assets owned by or under the management of that company are excluded from the national Railway Byelaws.
A full regulatory assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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