{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rother-valley-railway-bodiam-to-robertsbridge-junction-order-2023/article-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rother-valley-railway-bodiam-to-robertsbridge-junction-order-2023/article-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/815",
  "legislation_title": "The Rother Valley Railway (Bodiam to Robertsbridge Junction) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rother-valley-railway-bodiam-to-robertsbridge-junction-order-2023",
  "path": "article/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Power to transfer undertaking",
  "text": "(1) The Company may—\n(a) transfer to another person (“the transferee”) its right to construct, maintain, use or operate the railway, including the authorised works (or any part of them), and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the Company and the transferee; or\n(b) grant to another person (“the lessee”) for a period agreed between the Company and the lessee the right to construct, maintain, use or operate the railway, including the authorised works (or any part of them) and such related statutory rights as may be so agreed.\n(2) Where an agreement has been made by virtue of paragraph (1) references in this Order to the Company include references to KESR or to the transferee or the lessee, as the case may be.\n(3) The exercise of the powers conferred by any enactment by any person in pursuance of any transfer or grant under paragraph (1) are subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply under this Order if those powers were exercised by the Company.\n(4) The consent of the Secretary of State is required for the exercise of the powers of paragraph (1), except where the transferee or lessee is KESR and on any transfer or grant to KESR, any bye-laws of KESR are to apply to the railway as they apply to the existing railway undertaking of KESR.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/815/article/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:42:29.594431+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}