reg 11 Indicative railway infrastructure strategy
(1) The Secretary of State must, by 19th December 2019 and after consultation with interested parties, publish an indicative railway infrastructure strategy for England and Wales which must— (a) be drafted with a view to meeting future mobility needs in terms of the maintenance, renewal and development needs of the railway infrastructure in England and Wales; (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) be based on sustainable financing. (2) The Scottish Ministers must, by 19th December 2019 and after consultation with interested parties, publish an indicative railway infrastructure strategy for Scotland which must— (a) be drafted with a view to meeting future mobility needs in terms of the maintenance, renewal and development needs of the railway infrastructure in Scotland; (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) be based on sustainable financing. (3) The strategies referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) must— (a) be in respect of such period as the Secretary of State must determine; and (b) be renewed following this period, in respect of successive periods of time, the length and commencement of which the Secretary of State must determine. (4) The strategies described in paragraphs (1) and (2) are to be known as the indicative railway infrastructure strategy for Great Britain. (5) In paragraph (2), the term “ interested parties ” includes the Secretary of State.