{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/14",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Notification of assistance from Welsh Ministers for freight services",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if the Welsh Ministers make or modify a scheme setting out how they propose to exercise their powers under section 10 for the purpose of securing the provision, improvement or development of—\n(a) services for the carriage of goods by railway; or\n(b) facilities for or in connection with—\n(i) the carriage of goods by railway; or\n(ii) the loading or unloading of goods carried or intended to be carried by railway.\n(2) This section also applies if the Welsh Ministers make or modify a determination of the criteria that they will apply in exercising their functions under such a scheme.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers must send a copy of the scheme or determination, or (as the case may be) of the scheme or determination as modified, to the Secretary of State.\n(4) In this section—\n“facilities” includes track, rolling stock, depots, access roads and equipment; and\n“railway” has its wider meaning.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(1) substituted (13.6.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (Railways) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/631), art. 1(2)(b)(x), Sch. para. 39(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 11(2) substituted (13.6.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (Railways) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/631), art. 1(2)(b)(x), Sch. para. 39(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(3) substituted (13.6.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (Railways) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/631), art. 1(2)(b)(x), Sch. para. 39(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 11 heading substituted (13.6.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (Railways) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/631), art. 1(2)(b)(x), Sch. para. 39(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 11 in force at 8.6.2005 by S.I. 2005/1444, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/14/section/11",
    "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."
}