{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993/section-16C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993/section-16C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/43",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993",
  "path": "section/16C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16C",
  "heading": "Making of applications for directions.",
  "text": "(1) An application for a direction under section 16A above must be made to the Office of Rail and Road in writing.\n(2) The application must—\n(a) specify the person to whom the direction would be given;\n(b) state what it would require him to do; and\n(c) give the applicant’s reasons for considering that person to be an appropriate person to do what the direction would require him to do.\n(3) The applicant may at any time vary what the direction would require that person to do by giving to the Office of Rail and Road notice in writing of the variation; but if the applicant is a person other than the appropriate facilities authority such a notice may only be given with the consent of the Authority.\n(4) The application or notice of a variation may be accompanied by any written representations which the applicant wishes to make in relation to the direction.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16C inserted (15.10.2005) by 2000 c. 38, ss. 223, 275(1); S.I. 2005/2862, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 16C substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(r)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 16C(3) substituted (16.10.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 1, 60, Sch. 1 para. 11(1): S.I. 2005/2812, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/43/section/16C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:47.841849+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."
}