Commentary on provisions of the Act Railway matters Section 41: Disapplication of statutory closure provisions
Subsection (1) provides that the Secretary of State may disapply the closure provisions of the Railways Act 2005 in the case of closures which are necessary or expedient because of the construction or operation of Phase One of High Speed 2. The disapplied closure provisions set out what must be done, in terms of notice, consultation and provision of information, in the event of a proposal to close existing services, stations or parts of the rail network. The Secretary of State may not exercise the power under this section after the Secretary of State has notified Parliament that Phase One is ready for commercial use.