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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-substitute-road-services-exemptions-order-2006/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1935",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Substitute Road Services) (Exemptions) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-substitute-road-services-exemptions-order-2006",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Relevant Operators",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 2, a relevant operator is an operator of railway passenger services who is—\n(a) not required under the terms of its passenger licence or SNRP to provide through ticketing facilities; or\n(b) exempted under section 7 of the Railways Act from the requirement under section 6 of the Railways Act to be authorised by licence to operate the railway assets used in the provision of those services.\n(2) Where the provision of railway passenger services is secured by the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers pursuant to section 30 of the Railways Act the operator providing such services is not a relevant operator.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 7 was amended by the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), Schedule 17, paragraphs 1 and 2, Schedule 27, paragraphs 17 and 18 and Schedule 31, Part IV, by the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), Schedule 2, paragraph 1, 3 and 4 and by the Railways Act 2005 (c. 14) Schedule 1, paragraph 1 and Schedule 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 30 was substituted by the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), section 212 and has been amended by the Railways Act 2005, (c.14) section 18, Schedule 1, paragraph 20 and Schedule 13."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1935/article/4",
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  },
  "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."
}