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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-access-management-and-licensing-of-railway-undertakings-regulations-2016/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/645",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-access-management-and-licensing-of-railway-undertakings-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Independence of service providers from dominant bodies and firms",
  "text": "(1) Where the service provider of a service described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 is under direct or indirect control of a dominant body or firm, it must hold separate accounts from that body or firm, including separate balance sheets and profit and loss accounts.\n(2) Where the service provider of a service described in paragraph 2(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (i) of Schedule 2 is under direct or indirect control of a dominant body or firm, it must be independent in organisational and decision making terms from that body or firm.\n(3) Paragraph (2) does not require the establishment of a separate legal entity to provide such services, and may be fulfilled by the formation of distinct divisions within a single legal entity.\n(4) Where any of the services referred to in paragraph (2) are provided, and the operation of the service facility is ensured by either—\n(a) an infrastructure manager; or\n(b) a service provider under the direct or indirect control of an infrastructure manager,\nthe requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) are met if regulations 14(9) and 19(4) are complied with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/645/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:48.521592+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."
}