Article 2 Commencement

(1)

The provisions of the Railways Act 2005 specified in paragraph (2) shall come into force on 1st August 2006.

(2)

Those provisions are as follows—

(a)

section 1(10);

(b)

sections 42 and 43;

(c)

section 45(1), in so far as it relates to the definitions of “closure”, “closures guidance” and “railway funding authority”;

(d)

section 45(2);

(e)

section 56, to the extent that it is not yet in force;

(f)

section 59(1), in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 12 brought into force by this Order;

(g)

section 59(6), in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 13 brought into force by this Order;

(h)

Schedule 12, paragraph 17(1), in so far as it relates to the other provisions of paragraph 17 brought into force by this Order;

(i)

Schedule 12, paragraph 17(4) to (6); and

(j)

the entry in Part 1 of Schedule 13 relating to section 248(3) of the Transport Act 2000^f1.

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