The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Railway Heritage Committee) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/64
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Bodies (Abolition of the Railway Heritage Committee) Order 2013.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on 1st April 2013 or if the Order is made on or after 1st April 2013, the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) Article 5 comes into force on the day after that on which the other provisions of this Order come into force.

Section 2 Abolition of the Railway Heritage Committee and transfer of functions

(1) The Railway Heritage Committee is abolished.

(2) All functions of the Railway Heritage Committee under the Railway Heritage Act 1996 are transferred to the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum.

(3) In consequence of paragraphs (1) and (2) the Railway Heritage Act 1996 is amended as follows:—

(a) section 2 (establishment of committee) is repealed;

(b) in section 3(1) (designation of records and artefacts) for “committee”, in both places where it appears, substitute “Board of Trustees”;

(c) in section 4 (notice of proposed disposal of record or artefact) for “committee”, in each place where it appears, substitute “Board of Trustees”;

(d) in section 5(1) (disposal of record or artefact) for “committee”, in both places where it appears, substitute “Board of Trustees”;

(e) in section 6 (guidance and information) for “committee”, in each place where it appears, substitute “Board of Trustees”; and

(f) in section 7 (interpretation)—

(i) before the definition of “designated” insert—

“Board of Trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum established under section 9 of the National Heritage Act 1983 ;

(ii) in the definition of “designated” for “committee” substitute “Board of Trustees”.

Section 3 Amendment to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments etc. subject to investigation), the entry “Railway Heritage Committee” is repealed.

Section 4 Amendment to the Freedom of Information Act 2000

In Part VI of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (public authorities), the entry “The Railway Heritage Committee” is repealed.

Section 5 Repeal of entry in the Public Bodies Act 2011

In Schedule 1 to the Public Bodies Act 2011 (power to abolish: bodies and offices), the entry “Railway Heritage Committee” is repealed.

Section 6 The Railway Heritage Scheme Order 2005

The Railway Heritage Scheme Order 2005 is revoked.

Section 7 Omission of entry in the Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2010

In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2010 (entries inserted with effect from 1 October 2010), the entry “Railway Heritage Committee” is omitted.

Section 8 Savings

(1) Anything which has been done by or in relation to the Railway Heritage Committee in connection with a function transferring to the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum by article 2 has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of that article, as if done by or in relation to the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum.

(2) Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of article 2, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Railway Heritage Committee may, so far as it relates to a function transferred by that article, be continued by or in relation to the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum.