Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 5A inserted (28.1.2016 for specified purposes, 28.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1), ss. 21, 25(2)
(1)An STB may do—
(a)anything it considers appropriate for the purposes of the carrying out of any of its functions (its “functional purposes”),
(b)anything it considers appropriate for purposes incidental (whether directly or indirectly) to its functional purposes,
(c)anything it considers to be connected with—
(i)any of its functions, or
(ii)anything it may do under paragraph (a) or (b), and
(d)for a commercial purpose, anything which it may do under any of paragraphs (a) to (c) otherwise than for a commercial purpose.
(2)Where subsection (1) confers power on an STB to do something, it confers power (subject to section 102N) to do it anywhere in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
(3)Power conferred on an STB by subsection (1) is in addition to, and is not limited by, the other powers of the STB.
(4)Where an STB has an executive body established by virtue of section 102G, the STB may delegate to that body its function of taking action under subsection (1) (but not the function of determining what action to take).]