Overview of the Structure Part 1: Transfer of Functions and Railway Strategy
8.Part 1 provides for the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) to be wound up, for the SRA’s strategic and financial functions to pass to the Department for Transport and in some cases, to the devolved administrations, and for its consumer protection functions to pass to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). The Act also enables the SRA's assets, rights and liabilities to be transferred to third parties.
9.The Act also transfers safety functions under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 in respect of the railways industry from the Health and Safety Commission/Executive (HSC/E) to the ORR.
10.The Act provides for changes to the access charges review process, with a duty on the Secretary of State to specify the outputs to be delivered by the rail industry.
11.The Act also gives the Scottish Ministers the power to prepare and publish a strategy for carrying out their functions in relation to railways in Scotland.