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The Railways Act 2005 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/2252 · Made 11 August 2005

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TRANSPORT

RAILWAYS

Made 11th August 2005

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(2) of the Railways Act 2005f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2005 c. 14.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Railways Act 2005 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2005.

2Commencement

Section 5 of the Railways Act 2005 shall come into force on 21st August 2005.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Derek Twigg

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

11th August 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 5 of the Railways Act 2005 on 21st August 2005.

Section 5 enables the Scottish Ministers to prepare a strategy for carrying out their functions in relation to railways and railway services, and to revise that strategy from time to time.