The Swanage Railway Order 2014

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the Company” means the Swanage Railway Company Limited (Company No. 01412568) incorporated under the Companies Act 1948(1) and having its registered office at The Station House, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1HB;

“lease” includes an underlease and “lease” where used as a verb is to be construed accordingly;

“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Company registration number 02904587) whose registered office is at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG and any associated company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited which holds property for railway purposes, and for the purpose of this definition “associated company” means any company which is (within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006(2)) the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a subsidiary of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited or another subsidiary of the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;

“the railway” means the railway described in the Schedule together with all lands and works relating to it which are held by the Company or Network Rail at the date when this Order comes into force;

“the relevant date” means in relation to any part of the railway, the date upon which that part is sold or leased by any person to the Company;

“the undertaker” means the Company and following any sale or lease under article 4 (transfer of railway by undertaker) this expression means or includes the transferee within the meaning of that article.

(2) Any enactments by which the construction and operation of the railway were authorised have effect subject to the provisions of this Order.

(3) All distances, lengths, measurements and directions stated in any description of powers or lands are approximate, and distances between points on a railway are taken to be measured along the railway.

(1)

1948 c. 38.

(2)

2006 c. 46.