Amendments made: No. 9, in page 48, line 38, leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'appropriate authority'.

No. 10, in page 48, line 42, leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'appropriate authority'.

No. 11, in page 48, line 44, at end insert—

'(4A) In subsection (4), "appropriate authority"—

(a) in relation to a person who provides no financial assistance for purposes mentioned in subsection (4)(b) other than—

(i) funding in relation to the provision of Scotland-only services,

(ii) Scottish majority funding in relation to cross-border services, or

(iii) funding in relation to the operation or use of a network or station, or part of a network or station, that is wholly in Scotland,

means the Scottish Ministers;

(b) in any other case, means the Secretary of State.

(4B) For the purposes of subsection (4A)(a)(ii), a person provides Scottish majority funding in relation to particular services if—

(a) the person is—

(i) a body established by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament, or

(ii) a body which has its principal office in Scotland, and

(b) in relation to those services, the person provides more funding than is provided in aggregate by railway funding authorities.'.—[Mr. McNulty.]