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"John Rowland" wrote:

"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote in message
...
In article , Dave Arquati
writes

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.

But Parliament can not make a named company exempt from some law, so how
can Crossrail be made exempt from the Railways Act?


They pass an Act that says they can.

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Graeme Wall
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