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59.—(1) The application of section 14 of the 1984 Act by section 5(4) of the 1989 Act shall cease to have effect in relation to carriages used on tramways forming part of Midland Metro Line 1.
(2) Section 25 of the 1870 Act as applied with modifications by section 4(1) and (2)(b)(i) of the 1989 Act shall have effect with respect to any tramway comprised in Midland Metro Line 1 as if the words “and shall be laid” to the end of the section were omitted; and article 27(3) and (4) shall apply to Midland Metro Line 1 as it applies to the authorised tramway.
(3) The defence provided in paragraph (6) of article 16 shall apply to any failure by the Executive to maintain (or to keep in good condition and repair) a highway under the relevant repairing provisions as it applies to a failure to maintain a highway under that article, and paragraph (7) of that article shall have effect accordingly.
(4) References in this article to any provision of the 1989 Act include a reference to that provision as applied by any of the other Midland Metro Acts 1989 to 1993.
(5) In this article—
“the 1870 Act” means the Tramways Act 1870(1);
“Midland Metro Line 1” means the tramway constructed between Birmingham and Wolverhampton authorised by the 1989 Act, the Midland Metro (No. 2) Act 1992 and the Midland Metro (No. 2) Act 1993;
“the relevant repairing provisions” means—
section 21 of the 1989 Act, and
section 28 of the 1870 Act as applied by section 4(1) of the 1989 Act with respect to Midland Metro Line 1.
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