Commentary on Sections and Schedules Excluded Proposals Section 38: Services, networks and stations excluded by order
142.This section gives the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers powers to exclude services, networks and stations from the provisions of sections 22 to 24 and 26 to 31. A similar power for the Secretary of State exists in the 1993 Act. It has been used to exempt light rail, metro and discrete parts of the heavy rail network from the closure provisions. Services that have been excluded by order under this section may be subject to the closure procedures described in section 25 if designated by order under section 25 following the negative resolution procedure.