- '.—(1) Where the Franchising Director is under a duty to secure the provision of any services or the operation of the whole or any part of a network, station or light maintenance depot, he may perform that duty by entering into agreements or arrangements under which other persons (in this section referred to as "sub-contractors") are to provide the services or, as the case may be, operate the network, station or light maintenance depot, or the part of the network, station or light maintenance depot, in question.
- (2) The Franchising Director may enter into an agreement or arrangement such as is mentioned in subsection (1) above notwithstanding that the sub-contractor in question is a company which is wholly owned by the Franchising Director.
- (3) Any agreement or arrangement such as is mentioned in subsection (1) above may include such provisions, including provision with respect to the fares or other charges that may be imposed by the sub-contractor in question, as the Franchising Director may think fit.
- (4) Any sums required by the Franchising Director for the purpose of performing any such duty as is mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be paid by the Secretary of State out of money provided by Parliament.
- (5) Any sums received by the Franchising Director in consequence of the performance of any such duty as is mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.'.—[Mr. MacGregor.]
§ Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.