The Railways (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2024
S.I. 2024/127 · Made 2 February 2024
RETAINED EU LAW REFORM
RAILWAYS
Sift requirements satisfied
7th December 2023Made
2nd February 2024Laid before Parliament
8th February 2024Coming into force
4th March 2024The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(1) and 20(1)(b) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”)f1.
The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(1) of the 2023 Actf2.
The requirements of paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and extent
- 2Revocation of certain instruments
- 3Amendments to the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006
- 4Amendments to the Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016
- Signature
- Schedule: Instruments to be revoked
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and extent
These Regulations may be cited as the Railways (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2024.
These Regulations come into force on 4th March 2024.
These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
2Revocation of certain instruments
The instruments listed in the Schedule are revoked in their entirety.
3Amendments to the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006
The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 2 (interpretation and application), omit the definition of “European Union Agency for Railways”.
In regulation 15 (revocation of safety certificate), omit paragraphs (6) and (7).
In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (b), in paragraph (i), omit sub-paragraph (bb).
4Amendments to the Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016
The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 6 (access to services), omit paragraph (14).
In regulation 19 (capacity allocation), omit paragraph (19).
In regulation 21 (framework agreements), omit paragraphs (17) to (21).
In regulation 33 (regulatory decisions concerning international passenger services), omit paragraph (13).
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Huw Merriman
Minister of State
2nd February 2024
Department for Transport
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke 11 items of secondary assimilated law (as defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28)) for Great Britain which make provision about the regulation of railways.
The revoked secondary assimilated law relates specifically to:
interoperability: four of these instruments relate to the establishment and operation of the European Agency for Railways. The Agency no longer has a role in Great Britain, and so these instruments are redundant. Two of these instruments relate to EU railway technical standards which no longer apply to Great Britain;
access to railway infrastructure and costs: four of these instruments make provision which relates to the charges relating to, and access to railway infrastructure and certain services. These instruments are considered unnecessarily prescriptive; and
accident investigation reports: one instrument which sets out requirements for the reports published by rail accident and incident investigators. The requirements in this instrument are considered unnecessarily prescriptive.
An impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.