The Leicester North Station Light Railway Order 1991

Incorporation and application of enactments

5.—(1) The following provisions of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845(1), so far as the same are applicable for the purposes and are not inconsistent with, or varied by, the provisions of this Order, are incorporated with and form part of this Order–

• Section 16 (works to be executed);

• Sections 18 to 23 (protection of gas and water mains);

• Section 68 (maintenance of gates, bridges, fences, drains and watering places);

• Sections 77 to 85 as amended by the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923(2) (provisions with respect to mines lying under or near the railway).

(2) Such of the enactments set out in the Second Schedule to the principal Act as are still in force (except section 22 of the Regulation of Railways Act 1868(3) (means of communication between passengers and railway servants) and sections 1 (power to order certain provisions to be made for public safety) and 5(penalty for avoiding payment of fare) of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889(4)) shall not apply to the Borough Council’s Railway.

(3) In its application to the Borough Council’s Railway the said section 22 of the Regulation of Railways Act 1868 shall be read, construed and have effect as if the words “and travels more than twenty miles without stopping” were omitted therefrom.

(4) Section 5 of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 shall also apply to the Council’s Railway as defined in the 1978 Order and the 1978 Order shall have effect accordingly.

(1)

1845 c. 20.

(2)

1923 c. 20.

(3)

1868 c. 119.

(4)

1889 c. 57.