{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/14",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State so directs, the PC must establish committees to advise it in relation to the carrying out of any or all of its functions in relation to particular areas.\n(2) The members of a committee established under this paragraph are to be appointed by the PC.\n(3) The PC may appoint such persons as it thinks fit and the membership of the committee may consist of or include persons who are not themselves members of the PC.\n(4) The PC may regulate the procedure of a committee established under this paragraph.\n(5) The PC may reimburse a member of a committee established under this paragraph who is not a member of the PC —\n(a) for travelling expenses;\n(b) for other out-of-pocket expenses not relating to loss of remuneration.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 substituted (25.2.2010) by The Passengers’ Council (Non-Railway Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/439), art. 1, Sch. para. 9(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 18(1) inserted (25.2.2010) by The Passengers’ Council (Non-Railway Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/439), arts. 1, 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 18 in force at 24.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/14/schedule/5/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:06.853495+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."
}