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Document Summary

The license under which Network Rail is required to operate Britain's railway infrastructure; essentially NR's contract with the Government and the taxpayer.

This document was published on 9th November 2004 by Department for Transport.

It was written by Department for Transport.

The original document format was PDF File, and comprised 98 pages.The original document can be found here.

This document was kindly sourced from Network Rail and is in our Statutory documents collection. It was added to the Archive on 8th January 2005.

Copyright Information

This document is Crown Copyright, and is subject to the terms governing the reproduction of crown copyright material. Depending on the status and age of the original document, you may need an OPSI click-use license if you wish to reproduce this material, and other restrictions may apply. Please see this explanation for further details.

"1. The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Railways Act 1993 (as amended) ("the Act"), hereby grants to Railtrack PLC ("the licence holder") a licence authorising the licence holder:

(a) to be the operator of a network;
(b) to be the operator of a train being used on a network for any purpose comprised in the operation of that network; and
(c) to be the operator of a train being used on a network for a purpose preparatory or incidental to, or consequential on, using a train as mentioned in (b) above.

subject to the Conditions set out in Part III hereof ("the Conditions").

2. This licence shall come into force on 1 April 1994 and shall continue in force unless and until revoked in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule hereto or by not less than 10 years' notice given to the licence holder by the Secretary of State, such notice not to be given earlier than 25 years after the date on which this licence comes into force."

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