Orders of the Day — Railways Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:13 pm on 27 January 2005.
Amendment made: No. 15, in page 56, line 10, at end insert—
'( ) After section 119(5) of that Act insert—
"(5A) The Secretary of State may give an instruction under this section for the protection of a relevant asset that is wholly in Scotland, or of persons or property on or in such an asset, only if—
(a) the asset would be a relevant asset even if railway did not have its wider meaning for the purposes of this section; or
(b) the instruction is given in the interests of national security.
(5B) In subsection (5A) the reference to an instruction given in the interests of national security includes a reference to any instruction given for the purpose of ensuring that protection against terrorism is provided to the asset, persons or property in question."
( ) In section 119(11) of that Act, after the definition of "specified" insert—
"'terrorism' has the same meaning as in the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (see section 1 of that Act);".'.—[Mr. McNulty.]