{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-crossrail-services-exemption-order-2015/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-crossrail-services-exemption-order-2015/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Crossrail Services) Exemption Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-crossrail-services-exemption-order-2015",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Franchise exemption",
  "text": "Exemption from designation under section 23(1) of the Railways Act 1993 (passenger services to be subject to franchise agreements) is granted to each TfL concessionaire in respect of any railway passenger service operated by that concessionaire on a route specified in the Schedule or part of that route.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 23(1) was amended by the Railways Act 2005 (c.14), Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 13(1), and the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), section 212(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/239/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:47:42.214059+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."
}