3Incorporation and application of enactments relating to railways
(1)The following enactments, so far as they are applicable for the purposes and are not inconsistent with or varied by the provisions of this Act, are incorporated with and form part of this Act, and this Act shall be deemed to be the special Act for the purposes of those enactments:—
the Act of 1845 (except sections 7 to 9, 11 to 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 46 to 62, 94, 95, 112 to 124 and 138); and
section 4 of the [1863 c. 92.] Railways Clauses Act 1863.
(2)In the enactments incorporated by subsection (1) above—
(a)the expression “the company” means the Corporation; and
(b)sections 18 and 21 of the Act of 1845 shall not extend to regulate the relations between the Corporation and any other person in respect of any matter or thing concerning which those relations are regulated in any respect by Part III of the Act of 1991; and
(c)in section 4 of the said Act of 1863, the words “and subject to the limitations contained in sections eleven, twelve and fifteen of those Acts respectively,” and the proviso shall be omitted.
(3)The following enactments shall not apply to Tramlink:—
the [1839 c. 45.] Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839;
in the [1842 c. 55.] Railway Regulation Act 1842, sections 9 and 10;
in the [1868 c. 119.] Regulation of Railways Act 1868, section 22;
in the [1889 c. 57.] Regulation of Railways Act 1889, sections 1, 3, 4 and 6;
in the [1933 c. 53.] Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933, sections 41 and 42.