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2000 No. 1144
LONDON GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORT, ENGLAND
The Railways (Alternative Closure Procedure) (Croydon Tramlink) Order 2000
Made
20th April 2000
Laid before Parliament
4th May 2000
Coming into force
3rd July 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 5A of Schedule 5 to the Railways Act 1993(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:-
1. This Order may be cited as the Railways (Alternative Closure Procedure) (Croydon Tramlink) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.
2. In this Order "Tramlink" has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Croydon Tramlink Act 1994(2).
3. The Secretary of State hereby designates all services on Tramlink as services in relation to which paragraph 5A of Schedule 5 to the Railways Act 1993 is to apply.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
20th April 2000
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates services on Croydon Tramlink as qualifying London services for the purposes of Schedule 5 to the Railways Act 1993, which contains provisions relating to the discontinuance of passenger services. Qualifying London services are services in respect of which the Mayor is to exercise certain powers instead of the Secretary of State.
1993 c. 43; paragraph 5A is inserted by section 204(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).