HL Deb 30 October 2000 vol 618 cc773-80

(" —(1) In section 43 of the Railways Act 1993 (notification of proposed closures), after subsection (1) insert—

"(1A) The Authority shall also—

(a) send a copy of the notice to every person who is the operator of a station within the area affected; and (b) require him to publish it at the station. (2) After subsection (12) of that section insert— "(12A) The Secretary of State shall also—
  1. (a) send a copy of the decision to every person who is the operator of a station within the area affected; and
  2. (b) require him to publish it at the station."
 (3) In Schedule 5 to that Act (alternative closure procedure), renumber paragraph 2 as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph and after that sub-paragraph insert— "(2) The operator shall also—
  1. (a) send a copy of the notice to every person who is the operator of a station within the area affected; and
  2. (b) require him to publish it at the station."
 (4) After paragraph 3 of that Schedule insert—
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