Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 781

The British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989 (Activating No. 10) Order 1993

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1993 No. 781

PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT

The British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989 (Activating No. 10) Order 1993

The Secretary of State for Transport, at the request of the British Railways Board and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989^[1] and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989 (Activating No. 10) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 5th April 1993.

    (2)  In this Order—
 (a) "the Act" means the British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989;
 (b) "activating order" has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Act;
 (c) any reference to a line on which train services are provided includes a reference to the named stations by which the ends of the line are defined.

Activation of penalty fares provisions
    2.—(1)  Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4) below, sections 4 to 9 of the Act shall have effect in respect of all train services and parts of train services provided by the Board on the lines specified in the Schedule to this Order.

    (2)  Save as is mentioned in paragraph (3) below, sections 4 to 9 of the Act shall not have effect with respect to any part of a train service in a case where that service commences at a station which is not on a line specified in the Schedule to this Order.

    (3)  Nothing in paragraph (2) above affects the application of paragraph (1) above to any part of a train service provided by the Board on the lines so specified where that service commences at a station on a line which—
 (a) is specified in the Schedule to any other activating order or, where that Schedule is divided into parts, in Part I of that Schedule, and
 (b) is connected either directly, or by another line or lines of the description in sub-paragraph (a) above which are so connected, with a line specified in the Schedule to this Order.

    (4)  Sections 4 to 9 of the Act shall not have effect with respect to any part of a train service, other than a conductor train service, which commences at a station where, at the time of commencement of the part in question of the service, there was no ticket office open for the sale of fare tickets or any facility for the sale of deferred fare authorities.

    3.    The British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989 (Activating No. 3) Order 1992^[2] and Article 2(3)(b) of and Part II of the Schedule to the British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989 (Activating No. 7) Order 1992^[3] are hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport.

Roger Freeman

Minister of State, Department of Transport

5th March 1993

[1] 1989 c.xvii. back

[2] S.I. 1992/307. back

[3] S.I. 1992/2945. back

Explanatory Note