{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993/section-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993/section-68.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/43",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993",
  "path": "section/68",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Investigatory functions.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, it shall be the duty of the Office of Rail and Road to investigate any alleged or apprehended contravention of—\n(a) a condition of a licence . . . , . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nif the alleged or apprehended contravention is the subject of a representation (other than one appearing to him to be frivolous or vexatious) made to it by or on behalf of a person who appears to the Office of Rail and Road to have an interest in the matter.\n(2) The Office of Rail and Road may, if it thinks fit, require the Passengers’ Council to investigate and report to it on any matter falling within subsection (1) above which relates to—\n(a) the provision of services for the carriage of passengers by railway, or\n(b) the provision of station services,\nand which it would otherwise have been its duty to investigate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 68 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(pp)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 68(1)(a) repealed (24.7.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 59, 60, Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with s. 14(4)(5), Sch. 11 para. 11(2)); S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 68(1)(b) and word immediately preceding it repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt.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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 68(1)(b) omitted (1.2.2001) by virtue of 2000 c. 38, s. 234(7) (with Sch. 28 paras. 12, 17); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 68 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(b) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 68(2) substiuted (24.7.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 21(2); S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 68(2) substituted (25.2.2010) by The Passengers’ Council (Non-Railway Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/439), art. 1, Sch. para. 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in s. 68 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(c) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 68 applied (with modifications) (28.11.2005) by The Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3050), reg. 14, Sch. 3 para. 1(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/43/section/68",
    "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."
}