Part 5Further miscellaneous provisions

Duties of co-operation

51ORR to assist and advise national authorities

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It shall be the duty of the F1Office of Rail and Road to comply with every reasonable requirement of the Secretary of State—

I1a

to provide him with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of his in relation to railways or railway services;

I3b

to provide him with information or advice about a matter relevant to the railway safety purposes; or

I1c

otherwise to provide him with assistance in relation to a matter that is connected with such a function or activity or is relevant to those purposes.

I22

It shall be the duty of the F1Office of Rail and Road to comply with every reasonable requirement of the Scottish Ministers—

a

to provide them with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of theirs in relation to railways or railway services; or

b

otherwise to provide them with assistance in relation to a matter that is connected with such a function or activity.

I1F23

It shall be the duty of the Office of Rail and Road to comply with every reasonable requirement of the Welsh Ministers—

a

to provide them with information or advice about a matter connected with a function or other activity of theirs in relation to railways or railway services; or

b

otherwise to provide them with assistance in relation to a matter that is connected with such a function or activity.

I14

References in this section to the functions of a person in relation to railways or railway services include references, in particular, to all that person's functions under Part 1 of the 1993 Act, Part 4 of the 2000 Act or this Act.

I35

In this section “railway safety purposes” has the same meaning as in Schedule 3.