1.  The scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order shall take effect on the 18th day of February, 1954.

2.  The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

3.  This Order may be cited as “The Railway Clearing House Scheme Order, 1954”.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation this fourth day of February, 1954.

L.S.

Alan Lennox-Boyd

The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation