Paragraph 1

In this Schedule—

• “the 1991 Act” means the Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991;

• “1991 Act network” means any network constructed in consequence of the making of any of the works authorised by section 5 of the 1991 Act and any network which extends or connects any such network to any part of Heathrow Airport;

• “the 1994 Order” means the Railways (Class and Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1994^f1;

• “the Board” means the British Railways Board;

• “PPP agreement” and “PPP company” have the same meaning as in section 239 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999^f2 (public-private partnership agreements);

• “qualifying activities”, in relation to a PPP company, means light maintenance services, network services or station services carried out by the PPP company in fulfilment of obligations imposed on the company by a PPP agreement;

• “specified light maintenance depot” means any light maintenance depot which is a specified light maintenance depot for the purposes of the 1994 Order;

• “specified network” means any network which is a specified network for the purposes of the 1994 Order;

• “specified station” means any station which is a specified station for the purposes of the 1994 Order; and

• “TfL company” means

  1. (a)

     Transport for London or any subsidiary of theirs; or

  2. (b)

     a PPP company, so far as it is carrying out qualifying activities,

  and a light maintenance depot, a station or track is controlled by a TfL company where such company, in the course of a business (whether for profit or not), is in operational control of that railway facility.