TRANSPORT Citation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Railways Act 1993 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provision) Order 1994. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Railways Act 1993. Provisions coming into force 2 The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 8th March 1994: sections 118 to 121; in section 132, subsections (1) to (7), subsection (8) for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 10 referred to in this article, and subsections (9) and (10); section 133; section 152(3) for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 14 referred to in this article; in Schedule 10, paragraphs 1 and 2, and paragraph 3(1) for the purpose of providing for sections 69 and 71 of the Transport Act 1962 to cease to have effect, and paragraph 3(2) and (3); in Schedule 14, the repeals relating to sections 54(1)(b) and (2), 69 and 71 of the Transport Act 1962. 3 The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 21st March 1994: section 4, so far as not already in force; section 5; section 52; in section 54, subsection (2), and subsection (3) for the purposes of the definitions of “franchising functions”, in relation to the Franchising Director, and “railway investment”; section 138. 4 The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 31st March 1994: section 152(3) for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 14 referred to in this article; in Schedule 14, the repeals relating to Part I of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transport Act 1981 . 5 The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 1994: section 2; section 3; section 6, so far as not already in force; sections 7 to 16; section 23, so far as not already in force; section 24; section 25, so far as not already in force; sections 26 to 28; section 29, so far as not already in force; section 30; section 31; sections 34 to 51; section 53; section 54, so far as not already in force; sections 55 to 69; sections 71 to 80; section 83, so far as not already in force; section 86; section 87, so far as not already in force; section 93, so far as not already in force; sections 122 to 125; section 129; sections 135 to 137; section 141, so far as not already in force; section 145, so far as not already in force; section 150, so far as not already in force; in section 152, subsection (1) for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 12 referred to in this article, subsection (2) for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 13, and subsection (3) for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 14 referred to in this article; Schedule 2; Schedule 3; Schedules 5 to 7; in Schedule 12, all paragraphs so far as not already in force except paragraph 32; Schedule 13; in Schedule 14, all repeals so far as not already in force except the repeals relating to: section 70 of the Transport Act 1962; section 8 of the Railways Act 1974 ; section 36 of the Transport Act 1981. 6 Sections 17 to 22 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Act shall come into force on 2nd April 1994. Transitional provision 7 Without prejudice to section 17(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978 , any person who, immediately prior to the coming into force of the amendments made to section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 by Schedule 10 to the Railways Act 1993, is or is deemed to have been appointed to act as a constable throughout England and Wales or, as the case may be, in Scotland under the said section 53 shall be deemed thereafter to have been appointed so to act under the said section 53 as amended by the said Schedule 10. Signed by authority of theSecretary of State for Transport Roger Freeman Minister of State, Department of Transporth 7th March 1994