{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-exemptions-order-1994/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-exemptions-order-1994/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/574",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Heathrow Express) (Exemptions) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-exemptions-order-1994",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Railways (Heathrow Express) (Exemptions) Order 1994.\n(2) Articles 1, 2, 4 and 5 of this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1994, and article 3 of this Order shall come into force on 2nd April 1994.\n(3) In this Order—\n“the 1991 Act” means the Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991;\n“the 1993 Act” means the Railways Act 1993;\n“exempt light maintenance depot” means any such light maintenance depot as is mentioned in article 2(1)(e) below;\n“exempt network” means any such network as is mentioned in article 2(1)(a) or (b) below;\n“exempt station” means any such station as is mentioned in article 2(1)(c) or (d) below;\n“the relevant day” means the day on which a railway passenger service is first provided for hire or reward between an exempt station and Paddington Station in London.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c.vii."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/574/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:38:54.897479+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."
}