British Railways Board (Finance) Act 1991

In section 42(6) of the Transport Act 1968 (which, as amended by section 1 of the Transport (Finance) Act 1982, limits the aggregate amount outstanding in respect of the principal of money borrowed by the British Railways Board and its commencing capital debt to £1,100 million or such greater sum not exceeding £1,300 million as the Secretary of State may by order specify) for the words from “shall not exceed” to “as the Minister” there shall be substituted “shall not exceed £3,000 million or such greater sum not exceeding £5,000 million as the Secretary of State”.

Section 1 of the Transport (Finance) Act 1982, which is superseded by subsection (1) above, is hereby repealed.

In subsection (4) of section 3 of the Railways Act 1974 (which, as set out in section 2 of the Transport (Finance) Act 1982, provides that the power to give directions relating to compensation under certain Community regulations is to be so exercised that the aggregate of compensation payable for periods after the end of 1978 is limited to £6,000 million or such greater sum not exceeding £10,000 million as may be specified by Order in Council) after the words “end of 1978” there shall be inserted “and ending before 1st April 1992”.

After subsection (5) of section 3 of the Railways Act 1974 there shall be inserted the following subsections—