Section 50 Exclusion of liability for breach of statutory duty.C1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The obligations of the F1Secretary of State F2and of the Welsh Ministers and of the Scottish Ministers, so far as imposed by or under any provision of this Part—

(a)

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

to secure the provision of any services, or

(d)

to secure the operation of any additional railway asset,

shall not give rise to any form of duty or liability enforceable by civil proceedings for breach of statutory duty.

(2)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 50(1) substituted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 54, 60, Sch. 11 para. 5; S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch. (subject to the transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-7)
F2: Words in s. 50(1) inserted (14.10.2018 at 2.00 a.m.) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (Railways) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/631), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 11
F3: S. 50(1)(a)(2) repealed (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 59, 60, Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with s. 14(4)(5), Sch. 11 para. 11(2)); S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch. (subject to the transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-7)
F4: S. 50(1)(b) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)

Modifications

C1: S. 50 excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 17(4)

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)