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The Railways (North and West London Lines) Exemption Order 2007

S.I. 2007/1790 · Made 21 June 2007

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Made 21st June 2007

Laid before Parliament 25th June 2007

Coming into force 11th November 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(1) and (2), of the Railways Act 1993f1.

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Footnotes

f1

1993 c.43; section 24(1) and (2) was amended by the Railways Act 2005 (c.14), Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 14(1) and (2). See section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 (as amended by the Railways Act 2005, Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 13(4)(a)) for the definition of “the appropriate designating authority” in section 24(1) and (2).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Franchise exemption
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule THEThe specified routes
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Railways (North and West London Lines) Exemption Order 2007 and comes into force on 11th November 2007.

2Interpretation

In this Order—

  • “concession agreement” means an agreement entered into by a TfL company, pursuant to which another person agrees to provide a railway passenger service for that TfL company;

  • “TfL company” means Transport for London or any of its subsidiaries; and

  • “TfL concessionaire” means, in respect of a railway passenger service provided for a TfL company, the person who has agreed by a concession agreement to provide that service.

3Franchise exemption

Exemption from designation under section 23(1) of the Railways Act 1993f1 (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.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Tom Harris

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

21st June 2007

Schedule THEThe specified routes

  • Gospel Oak station to Barking station.

  • Willesden Junction (High Level) station to Clapham Junction station via Kensington Olympia station and West Brompton station.

  • London Euston station to Watford Junction station via Watford High Street station.

  • Stratford Low Level station to Richmond station via Kensal Rise.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the grant of exemption from the franchising provisions in section 23 of the Railways Act 1993 to concessionaires of Transport for London and their subsidiaries. This exemption relates to any railway passenger service which a concessionaire operates on a route specified in the Schedule.