The Railways Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made: 15th December 2003

Coming into operation: 6th January 2004

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PART I — PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Scope

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PART II — INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT

Separation of accounts between transport operations and infrastructure management and prohibition of transfer of state aid

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Balancing infrastructure fees and infrastructure expenditure

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Calculation of, and rules for the determination of, fees for the use of railway infrastructure

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Information to be provided by infrastructure managers

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PART III — ACCESS AND TRANSIT MATTERS

Allocation bodies

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Allocation of infrastructure capacity: application in Northern Ireland

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Allocation of infrastructure capacity: application outside Northern Ireland

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Safety certificates

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Appeals in respect of allocation of infrastructure capacity or the charging of fees

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PART IV — INTERNATIONAL LICENCES

Prohibition of unlicensed provision of international services

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Appointment of licensing authority and grant of international licences

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Modification of international licences

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Validity of international licences

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Monitoring, suspension and revocation of international licences

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Conditions of international licences

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PART V — MISCELLANEOUS

Statutory authority to run trains

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International groupings and railway undertakings granted access or transit rights not to be common carriers

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International groupings

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Civil proceedings

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Making of false statements etc.

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Offences by bodies corporate

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Offences outside the United Kingdom

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SCHEDULE 1 — ACCESS FEES

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SCHEDULE 2 — QUALIFICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL LICENCE

Good Repute

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Financial Fitness

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Professional Competence

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Insurance Cover

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 15th December 2003.

R. E. Aiken — A senior officer of the — Department for Regional Development

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(1)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/707

[^f00003]: 1972 c. 68. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183)

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L237, 24.8.91, p. 25; the text of the Directive is subject to the amendments in a corrigendum published in O.J. No. L305, 6.11.91, p. 22

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L143, 27.6.95, p. 70. Added to Annex XIII of the EEA Agreement by Article 1 of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 71/95 of 15th December 1995 (O.J. No. L57, 7.3.96, p. 37)

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L143, 27.6.95, p. 75. Added to Annex XIII of the EEA Agreement by Article 1 of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 70/95 of 15th December 1995 (O.J. No. L57, 7.3.96, p. 37)

[^f00007]: Cm 2073 and Cm 2183

[^f00008]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L156, 28.6.69, p. 1. Amended by Regulation (EEC) No. 1893/91 (O.J. No. L169, 29.6.91, p. 1)

[^f00010]: S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

[^f00011]: 1981 c. 61

[^f00012]: S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)

[^f00013]: 1955 c. 18

[^f00014]: 1955 c. 19

[^f00015]: 1957 c. 53

[^f00016]: S.I. 1978/1908 (N.I. 27)

Editorial notes