The Railways (Registers) Order 1994

Made: 7th March 1994

Laid before Parliament: 8th March 1994

Coming into force: 1st April 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 72(7) and (8) and section 73(5) and (6) of the Railways Act 1993¹ and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Railways (Registers) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1 April 1994.

• (2) In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Railways Act 1993;

• “bank holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971² in the locality in which are situated the premises at which the Regulator’s register, or, as the case may be, the Franchising Director’s register, is for the time being maintained;

• “emergency” includes power failure;

• “the Franchising Director’s register” means the register maintained by the Franchising Director pursuant to section 73 of the Act;

• “the Regulator’s register” means the register maintained by the Regulator pursuant to section 72 of the Act;

• “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, a bank holiday or an official holiday.

Hours at which the registers are to be open for inspection

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The contents of the Regulator’s register and the contents of the Franchising Director’s register shall be available for inspection by the public, without payment of any fee, between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on each working day except when the premises, at which the Regulator’s register, or, as the case may be, the Franchising Director’s register, is maintained, are closed by reason of an emergency.

Fee for certified copy

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The fee for the supply of a copy of, or an extract from, any part of the Regulator’s register certified by the Regulator to be a true copy or extract, or any part of the Franchising Director’s register certified by the Franchising Director to be a true copy or extract, shall be £2.00 together with 10p for each page supplied.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Roger Freeman — Minister of State, — 7th March 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes the hours during which the register maintained by the Rail Regulator under section 72 of the Railways Act 1993 and the register maintained by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising under section 73 of the Railways Act 1993 are to be available for public inspection. This Order also prescribes the fees to be paid for the supply of a copy of, or extract from, either of the registers.

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