# The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 4: Access rights


In regulation 5 (access rights)—
(a) in paragraph (1) omit “international”;
(b) in paragraph (4)—
(i) for “an international passenger service” substitute “a passenger service”;
(ii) for “the international route” substitute “the route”; and
(iii) omit “, including stations located in the same Member State”;
(c) omit paragraph (5);
(d) for paragraph (6) substitute—
“(6) The Office of Rail and Road may, in accordance with regulation 33, limit the access rights granted by this regulation in relation to the operation of passenger services between a place of departure and a destination where—
(a) one or more public service contracts cover the same route or an alternative route, and
(b) the exercise of such access rights would compromise the economic equilibrium of the public service contract or contracts in question.”;
(e) omit paragraph (7); and
(f) in paragraph (9) for “or regulation 33” substitute “and regulation 33”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/645/schedule/6/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railways-access-management-and-licensing-of-railway-undertakings-regulations-2016/schedule-6/paragraph-4
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