Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 20)

Passengers and goods on railways U.K.

105 Penalty for bringing dangerous goods on railway. E+W+N.I.

No person shall be entitled to carry, or to require the company to carry, upon the railway, any aquafortis, oil of vitrol, gunpowder, lucifer matches, or any other goods which in the judgment of the company may be of a dangerous nature; and if any person send by the railway any such goods without distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the package containing the same, or otherwise giving notice in writing to the book-keeper or other servant of the company with whom the same are left, at the time of so sending, he shall forfeit . . . F1 [F2 level 2 on the standard scale] for every such offence; and it shall be lawful for the company to refuse to take any parcel that they may suspect to contain goods of a dangereous nature, or require the same to be opened to ascertain the fact.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7 Pt. III

F2 For “£50” there is substituted (E.W.) “level 2 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 105 extended by Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), Sch. 2 Pt. IV and Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Sch. 16 para. 1

C2 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (29.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/2143, arts. 3(1)(3), 13(7)

S. 105 incorporated (12.9.1995) by S.I. 1995/2446, art. 3

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (21.9.1995) by S.I. 1995/2501, arts. 3, 9(9)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (4.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/937, art. 3(1)(3)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1267, art. 3(1)(2)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (16.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2660, art. 4(1)(3)

S. 105 incorporated (2.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2867, art. 3(1)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (10.2.1997) by S.I. 1997/264, art. 3(1)(3)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (29.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1688, arts. 3(1)(2), 13(7)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (9.10.1997) by S.I. 1997/2534, art. 3(1)(3)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (13.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/3269, art. 3(1)(2)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (21.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/2129, art. 3(1)(2)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (4.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/2585, art. 3(1)(2)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (29.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1347, art. 4(1)(2) (with arts. 15, 37, 38(2))

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (9.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3682, art. 3(1)(3)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (12.2.2002) by S.I. 2002/366, art. 3(1) (with Sch. 2)

S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1065, art. 3(1)(3)

C3 S. 105 incorporated (12.1.2004) by The Alconbury Airfield (Rail Facilities and Connection to East Coast Main Line) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3364), arts. 1, 3(1)

C4 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (22.3.2005) by Midland Metro (Wednesbury to Brierley Hill and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/927), art. 4(1)(2) (with art. 51)

C5 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (22.7.2005) by Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1794), arts. 1, 4 (with art. 47)

C6 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (25.11.2005) by Docklands Light Railway (Capacity Enhancement) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3105), arts. 1, 4(1)(2) (with arts. 3(5), 15(3))

C7 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (3.7.2006) by Port of Blyth (Battleship Wharf Railway) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1518), arts. 1, 3(1)(3)

C8 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (23.8.2007) by Docklands Light Railway (Capacity Enhancement andd 2012 Games Preparation) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2297), arts. 1, 4(1) (with arts. 3(6), 12(3))

C9 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (28.9.2007) by London Gateway Logistics and Commercial Centre Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2657), arts. 1, 4(1)(2) (with arts. 19, 28, Sch. 3 para. 13(2))

C10 S. 105 incorporated (16.5.2008) by London Gateway Port Harbour Empowerment Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1261), arts. 1, 7(1) (with arts. 41(1), 45, 54(2), 55, 56, 57, 58(6))

C11 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (14.10.2008) by Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2512), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with art. 36(3))

C12 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (20.7.2010) by The Network Rail (Nuneaton North Chord) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1721), arts. 1, 3(1)(3)

C13 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (27.8.2010) by The Llangollen and Corwen Railway Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2136), arts. 1(1), 3

C14 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (21.4.2011) by The Network Rail (Hitchin (Cambridge Junction)) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1072), arts. 1, 3

C15 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (26.9.2012) by The Network Rail (Ipswich Chord) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2284), arts. 1, 3(1) (with art. 26(2))

C16 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.11.2012) by The Network Rail (North Doncaster Chord) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2635), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with art. 35(2))

C17 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (13.11.2012) by The Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2679), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with art. 42(2))

C18 S. 105 incorporated (E.W.) (21.8.2013) by The Croxley Rail Link Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1967), arts. 1, 3(1) (with art. 3(3))

C19 S. 105 incorporated in part (with modifications) (E.W.) (21.11.2013) by The Network Rail (Redditch Branch Enhancement) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2809), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with arts. 27(2), 39, Sch. 10 para. 4)

C20 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (21.4.2014) by The Network Rail (Norton Bridge Area Improvements) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/909), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with art. 34(2))

C21 S. 105 incorporated (E.W.) (19.8.2014) by The Network Rail (Huyton) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2027), arts. 1, 3(1) (with art. 31(2))

C22 S. 105 incorporated in part (with modifications) (E.W.) (21.4.2015) by The Network Rail (Ordsall Chord) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/780), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with art. 36(2))

C23 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (16.12.2015) by The Network Rail (Tinsley Chord) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1876), arts. 1, 3(1)(2)

C24 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (12.1.2016) by The London Underground (Bank Station Capacity Upgrade) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2044), arts. 1, 3(1)(3)

C25 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (14.6.2016) by The Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) (Land Acquisition and Variation) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/545), arts. 1, 4 (with art. 39)

C26 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (2.8.2016) by The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/684), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 46, 47, Sch. 9 para. 4, Sch. 10 para. 12(2))

C27 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), s. 70(1), Sch. 29 para. 4

C28 S. 105 incorporated in part (with modifications) (E.W.) (19.12.2017) by The Network Rail (Buxton Sidings Extension) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1150), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with art. 32(2))

C29 S. 105 incorporated in part (with modifications) (E.W.) (18.4.2018) by The Network Rail (Hope Valley Capacity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/446), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with arts. 24(8), 33(2))

C30 S. 105 incorporated in part (with modifications) (E.W.) (24.8.2018) by The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/923), arts. 1, 3(1)(3) (with art. 31(2))

C31 S. 105 incorporated (E.W.) (13.3.2019) by The Port of Tilbury (Expansion) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/359), arts. 1, 5(1)(2) (with arts. 55, 56)

C32 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (4.3.2020) by The Midland Metro (Birmingham Eastside Extension) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/141), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 47, 48, Sch. 10 para. 19)

C33 S. 105 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 28 para. 4

C34 S. 105 incorporated in part (E.W.) (3.11.2022) by The Network Rail (Huddersfield to Westtown (Dewsbury) Improvements) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1067), arts. 1, 3(1) (with art. 46(2), Sch. 19 para. 61)