Regulation 15 Prohibition of unlicensed provision of international services
Subject to paragraph (4) no person may provide international services in Great Britain or international combined transport goods services in Great Britain unless he is authorised to do so by an international licence, and any person who provides such services without such a licence shall be guilty of an offence.
Any person who is guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable—
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
No proceedings shall be instituted in England and Wales in respect of an offence under this regulation except by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or the International Rail Regulator.
This regulation does not apply to the provision of services to which paragraph (1) applies prior to 28th September 1998 if and to the extent that the operation of railway assets for the purposes of such provision is authorised by a licence granted under Part I of the Railways Act 1993 which was granted before 27th June 1998, but any such licence shall to that extent be revoked on 28th September 1998.
In this regulation the expression “international licence” includes a licence granted pursuant to any action taken by an EEA State for the purpose of implementing Council Directive No. 95/18/EC.