In article , Dave Arquati
writes
I actually had a brief look today at the bill itself when I should have
been doing other things, and was interested to note that although the
Railways Act 1993 prohibits public-sector operators from being
franchisees (how did SET get around that?), the Crossrail Bill (Section
34) states that that does not apply in this case, paving the way
(theoretically) for a public-sector operator run Crossrail services.

Parliament cannot bind its successors: *any* Act can override any
provision of previous legislation. So it will all be perfectly legal.

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