119 Security: power of Secretary of State to give instructions
Railways Act 1993 (1993 c 43) | Legislation

119  Security: power of Secretary of State to give instructions

(1)     The Secretary of State may from time to time give—

(a)     to any person who is the owner or operator of a relevant asset, or

(b)     to any person who provides railway services,

such instructions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purpose of ensuring that relevant assets within Great Britain, or persons or property on or in any such relevant asset, are protected against acts of violence.

(2)     An instruction may be given to any person who appears to the Secretary of State to be about to become such a person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above, but an instruction given to a person by virtue of this subsection shall not take effect until he becomes such a person and, in relation to an instruction so given, the provisions of this section shall apply with the necessary modifications.

(3)     Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, an instruction may, in particular, require the person to whom it is given (“the recipient”)—

(a)     not to cause or permit any persons, or any designated persons, or more than a specified number

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