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The Railways Act 2005 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/1993 · Made 10 July 2007

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TRANSPORT

rAILWAYS

Made 10th July 2007

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

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. 9) Order 2007.

2Commencement

Section 17 of the Railways Act 2005 comes into force on 8th August 2007.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Tom Harris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

10th July 2007

Department for Transport

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force provisions of the Railways Act 2005 (the “Act”) on 8th August 2007.

Article 2 brings into force section 17 of the Act.

Sub-sections 17(1) - (7) of the Act amend paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999f1, which relates to the appointment of members of Transport for London by the Mayor of London.

Sub-section 17(8) of the Act requires the Mayor of London to review the existing membership of Transport for London within 6 months of section 17(4) of the Act coming into force and, having consulted in accordance with section 17(9) of the Act, decide whether to exercise his power of appointment for the purposes contained in new sub-paragraph 2(2A) of Schedule 10 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999.