Section 30B Agreements and extensions under section 30AF1

(1)

A franchise agreement may be entered into under section 30A only by making a direct award of a public service contract in accordance with regulation 16 (emergency measures) of the 2023 Regulations.

(2)

A franchise term may be extended under section 30A only by means of a formal agreement to extend such a contract in accordance with regulation 16 of the 2023 Regulations.

(3)

For the purposes of this section the Secretary of State is to be treated as being entitled to take emergency measures under regulation 16 of the 2023 Regulations whether or not the requirements of paragraph (1) of that regulation are met.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 30A-30C inserted (28.11.2024) by Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 (c. 25), ss. 2(3), 5(2)

Notes on Part I

Modifications

C1

Pt. I (ss. 1-83) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 21(6)

C2

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-83) applied (S.) (27.4.2006) by Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Act 2006 (asp. 6), s.78 (with s.75)

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-83) applied (S.) (8.5.2006) by Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 (asp. 7), s.79 (with ss.76, 84)

Commencement

I1

Pt. I (ss. 1-83) applied (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 36(2) (inserting s. 10(1)(viiia) in 1968 c. 73); S.I. 1994/571, art. 5

Pt. I (ss. 1-83) applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 16(5)

Notes on Provision of passenger services

Textual amendments

F1: Word in s. 23 cross-heading substituted (28.11.2024) by Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 (c. 25), s. 5(2), Sch. para. 2