"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote in message
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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?

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