{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997.json",
  "id": "uksi/1997/1531",
  "title": "The Railways (Heathrow Express Temporary Network) (Exemptions) Order 1997",
  "short_title": "Railways (Heathrow Express Temporary Network) (Exemptions) 1997",
  "long_title": "This Order provides for the grant of exemptions from the franchise and closure provisions of the Railways Act 1993 (“the Act”) in respect of a temporary network consisting of a spur line connecting with the network running between the Great Western Line and Heathrow Airport. The franchise exemption applies only until scheduled services are first provided on the latter network.",
  "citation": "S.I. 1997/1531",
  "type": "uksi",
  "year": "1997",
  "number": "1531",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "1997-06-17",
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 1,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/1",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/article-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/2",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Franchise exemption",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/article-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/3",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Disapplication of closure provisions",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/article-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affected_provisions": "Order",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/3244",
      "affecting_title": "The Railways and Rail Vehicles (Revocations and Consequential Amendments) Order 2014",
      "affecting_provisions": "art. 2 Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "ukpga/1993/43",
      "title": "Railways Act 1993",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993",
      "provisions": [
        "section/24",
        "section/49"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 1,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-heathrow-express-temporary-network-exemptions-order-1997/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1531",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:06:52.536732+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."
}