{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-sunderland-order-1998/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-sunderland-order-1998/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3269",
  "legislation_title": "The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport (Sunderland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tyne-and-wear-passenger-transport-sunderland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Agreements with Railtrack",
  "text": "(1) The undertaker and Railtrack may enter into and carry into effect agreements with respect to the construction, maintenance, use and operation of—\n(a) any of the authorised works, or any part of any of those works; and\n(b) any works required for the purposes thereof or in connection therewith;\nby Railtrack or by the undertaker, or by the undertaker and Railtrack jointly.\n(2) Any agreement made under paragraph (1) above may make provision with respect to any other matters incidental or subsidiary thereto or consequential thereon, including the defraying of, or the making of contributions towards, costs incurred by either party to the agreement.\n(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) above, any such agreement may provide for the exercise by Railtrack or by the undertaker, or by the undertaker and Railtrack jointly, of all or any of the powers of the undertaker or Railtrack (as the case may be) with respect to any of the authorised works and any works required for the purposes thereof or in connection therewith.\n(4) The exercise by Railtrack or the undertaker or by the undertaker and Railtrack jointly, under this article of any powers of the other of them with respect to the works, or any part of any of those works, or any works required for the purposes thereof or in connection therewith, shall be subject to the same provisions in relation to those powers as would apply if those powers were exercised by the undertaker or Railtrack (as the case may be) alone, and accordingly those provisions, with any necessary modifications, shall apply to the exercise of such powers by Railtrack or the undertaker, or by the undertaker and Railtrack jointly.\n(5) The undertaker and Railtrack may enter into, and carry into effect, agreements for the transfer to, and vesting in Railtrack or the undertaker, or the undertaker and Railtrack jointly, of—\n(a) any of the authorised works or any part of any of those works; or\n(b) any works lands or other property required for the purposes thereof or in connection therewith;\ntogether with the rights and obligations of the undertaker or Railtrack (as the case may be) in relation thereto.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3269/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:43.503088+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."
}