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The Railways (Heathrow Express) (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/2703 · Made 24 October 2002

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TRANSPORT, ENGLAND

Made 24th October 2002

Laid before Parliament 1st November 2002

Coming into force 1st December 2002

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 49(2), 143(4) and 151(5) of the Railways Act 1993f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 43.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Railways (Heathrow Express) (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st December 2002.

2

Article 5 of the Railways (Heathrow Express) (Exemptions) Order 1994f1 shall be amended by inserting at the end the following paragraph—

“(3)

Every railway passenger service provided—

(a)

on any railway line comprised in any such network as is mentioned in article 2(1)(b) above, or

(b)

to or from any such station as is mentioned in article 2(1)(d) above,

is a service in relation to which section 37 of the 1993 Act (proposals to discontinue non-franchised passenger services) is not to have effect.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Spellar

Minister of State,

Department for Transport

24th October 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Railways (Heathrow Express) (Exemptions) Order 1994 so that section 37 of the Railways Act 1993 (proposals to discontinue non-franchised passenger services) shall not apply to railway passenger services provided on any extension to the Heathrow Express Railway to any part of Heathrow Airport.