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Article 6(4)
1. The Society shall erect and at all times maintain good and sufficient gates across the existing railway at each side of the highway at the crossing of the highway and in connection with such level crossing the following provisions shall apply:
(a) such gates and any relevant safety equipment shall be erected, maintained and operated in such manner as the Secretary of State may require;
(b) such gates shall be kept constantly closed and locked across the railway and the protecting signals set constantly to Danger except during the time when engines, wagons, trucks or vehicles passing along the railway shall have occasion to cross the highway (when such gates shall be closed across the highway) and such gates shall be of such dimensions and so constructed as when closed across the railway or across the highway to fence in the railway sufficiently;
(c) the Society shall unless otherwise permitted by the Secretary of State in writing arrange for one or more proper persons to open and close the gates and the gates shall be manned during all such times as they are closed across the highway;
(d) on the approach of any engines, wagons, trucks or vehicles to the level crossing such gates shall be closed and locked across the highway before the protecting signals are set to Clear;
(e) after any engines, wagons, trucks or vehicles which are passing along the rising gradient of the railway at the level crossing have crossed the highway the gates shall be kept closed and locked across the highway until such engines, wagons, trucks or vehicles have cleared the summit of that gradient.
2. The Society shall provide, maintain and operate at the level crossing such lights, traffic signs and other devices and appliances as the Secretary of State may from time to time require.
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