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Railways Act 1993

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138 Grants and other payments towards facilities for public passenger transport to and from airports, harbours etc.

(1) Section 56 of the Transport Act 1968 (Ministerial grants and local authority payments towards capital expenditure incurred in the provision, improvement or development of facilities for public passenger transport) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section. (2) After subsection (2) there shall be inserted— (2A) Where a relevant local authority proposes to make payments under subsection (2) of this section in respect of any facilities, that authority may enter into an agreement with the Franchising Director under which the Franchising Director undertakes to exercise franchising functions of his, to refrain from exercising such functions, or to exercise such functions in a particular manner, in relation to the use of the facilities in question. (2B) In subsection (2A) of this section, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say— “the Franchising Director” means the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising; “franchising functions”, in relation to the Franchising Director, has the same meaning as it has in relation to him in section 54 of the Railways Act 1993; “relevant local authority” means— a non-metropolitan county or district council in England or in Wales; a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London; or a regional or islands council in Scotland; and any reference to a relevant local authority shall be taken to include a reference to any two or more such authorities acting jointly. (3) That section shall have effect, and be taken always to have had effect, with the insertion after subsection (3) (which prevents the making of any such grants or payments for the purposes of the provision, improvement or development of an airfield, harbour, dock, pier or jetty) of the following subsection— (3A) Nothing in subsection (3) of this section precludes the making of grants under subsection (1) or payments under subsection (2) thereof for the purposes of the provision, improvement or development of facilities for or in connection with public passenger transport by land to or from an airfield, harbour, dock, pier or jetty.

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138 Grants and other payments towards facilities for public passenger transport to and from airports, harbours etc.

(1) Section 56 of the Transport Act 1968 (Ministerial grants and local authority payments towards capital expenditure incurred in the provision, improvement or development of facilities for public passenger transport) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section. (2) After subsection (2) there shall be inserted— (2A) Where a relevant local authority proposes to make payments under subsection (2) of this section in respect of any facilities, that authority may enter into an agreement with the Franchising Director under which the Franchising Director undertakes to exercise franchising functions of his, to refrain from exercising such functions, or to exercise such functions in a particular manner, in relation to the use of the facilities in question. (2B) In subsection (2A) of this section, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say— “the Franchising Director” means the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising; “franchising functions”, in relation to the Franchising Director, has the same meaning as it has in relation to him in section 54 of the Railways Act 1993; “relevant local authority” means— a non-metropolitan county or district council in England or in Wales; a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London; or a regional or islands council in Scotland; and any reference to a relevant local authority shall be taken to include a reference to any two or more such authorities acting jointly. (3) That section shall have effect, and be taken always to have had effect, with the insertion after subsection (3) (which prevents the making of any such grants or payments for the purposes of the provision, improvement or development of an airfield, harbour, dock, pier or jetty) of the following subsection— (3A) Nothing in subsection (3) of this section precludes the making of grants under subsection (1) or payments under subsection (2) thereof for the purposes of the provision, improvement or development of facilities for or in connection with public passenger transport by land to or from an airfield, harbour, dock, pier or jetty.

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