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Amendments made: No. 146, in page 48, line 19, at end insert
'on any line or from any station'.
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No. 147, in page 48, line 21, after 'service'insert
'on any line or from any station'.
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No. 148, in page 48, line 25, leave out 'neither to
provide that service nor'and insert 'not'.
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No. 149, in page 48, line 28, after 'service'insert
'on any line or from any station'.
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No. 150, in page 48, line 35, after 'weeks'insert
'in a local newspaper circulating in the area affected and'.
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No. 151, page 48, line 38, leave out subsection (5) and insert—
'(5) In this section "experimental passenger service", in relation to any line or station, means a railway passenger service on that line or from that station which is designated by the Franchising Director as experimental and which either—
- (a) was so designated before its introduction; or
- (b) before being designated under this section as experimental, was at some time provided on an experimental basis, within the meaning of section 56A of the Transport Act 1962.'.
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No. 159, in page 49, line 2, after 'weeks'insert
'in a local newspaper circulating in the area affected and'.
§ No. 154, in page 49, line 11, after 'experimental'insert
§ '(a)'.
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No. 155, in page 49, line 14, at end insert
'but
(b) if the service is one which has been provided on an experimental basis, within the meaning of section 56A
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of the Transport Act 1962, every period during which it was so provided, or during which the provisions of that section had effect in relation to it by virtue of subsection (9A)(b) below, shall be counted as a period during which the service was designated as experimental.
(9A) Where, immediately before the coming into force of section 42(1) below so far as relating to section 56A of the Transport Act 1962 (proposals to discontinue services provided on an experimental basis), a railway passenger service is being provided on an experimental basis within the meaning of the said section 56A—
- (a) none of the following provisions, that is to say, sections 32 and 33 above, section 42(2) and (3) below and Schedule 4 to this Act, shall have effect in relation to that service until such time as a franchise agreement is entered into in respect of that service or in respect of some or all of the other railway passenger services provided in the area in which, or on the line on which, that service is provided; and
- (b) the provisions of the said section 56A shall continue to have effect with respect to that service—
- (i) until the time mentioned in paragraph (a) above, or
- (ii) until the service becomes an experimental passenger service under this section,
whichever first occurs.'.
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No. 156, in page 49, line 15, after 'section'insert—
'the area affected", in relation to an experimental service on any line or from any station, means the area in which is situated the line or, as the case may be, the station in question.'.
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No. 157, in page 49, line 16, leave out 'under'and insert
'in satisfaction of requirements imposed by'.
No. 158, in page 49, line 18, leave out 'under'and insert 'in satisfaction of requirements imposed by'.—[Mr. Arbuthnot.]