British Railways Act 1966
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1966 c. xvii |
| Year | 1966 |
British Railways
Act
1966
CH.
xvii 1
ELIZABETH II
1966 CHAPTER xvii
An Act to empower the British Railways Board to construct
works and to acquire lands; to extend the time for the
compulsory purchase of certain lands and the com-
pletion of certain works; to confer further powers on
the Board; and for other purposes. [3rd August 1966]
W
HEREAS by the Transport Act, 1962, the British Railways
1962
c.
46.
Board (hereinafter referred to as " the Board ") were
established:
And whereas it is the duty of the Board under the Transport
Act, 1962 (inter alia) to provide railway services in Great Britain
and, in connection with the provision of railway services, to
provide such other services and facilities as appear to the Board
to be expedient, and to have due regard, as respects all those
railway and other services and facilities, to efficiency, economy
and safety of operation:
And whereas it
is
expedient that the Board should
be
empowered
to construct the works authorised by this Act and to acquire the
lands referred to in this Act:
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And whereas it is expedient that the periods now limited for
the compulsory purchase by the Board of certain lands and the
completion of certain works should be extended as provided by
this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the other powers in this
Act contained should be conferred upon the Board and that the
other provisions in this Act contained should be enacted:
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines or situations
and levels of the works to be constructed under the powers of this
Act, and plans of the lands authorised to be acquired or used by
this Act, and a book of reference to such plans containing the
names of the owners and lessees or reputed owners and lessees
and of the occupiers of the said lands were duly deposited in the
office of the Clerk of the Parliaments and in the Private Bill Office
of the House of Commons and with the clerk of the Greater
London Council, the clerks of the county councils of the several
counties and the town clerks of the county boroughs within
which the said works will be constructed or the said lands are
situated, which plans, sections and book of reference are respec-
tively referred to in this Act as the deposited plans, the deposited
sections and the deposited book of reference:
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the British Railways Act 1966.
Interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Act, unless there be something in the subject or
context repugnant to such construction, the several words and
expressions to which meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly
or partly incorporated herewith, have in relation to the relative
subject-matter the same respective meanings and—
" the Act of
1845
" means the Railways Clauses Consolidation
1845 c. 20 Act, 1845;
1863 c. 92. " tne Act of 1863 " means the Railways Clauses Act, 1863;
1963 c. xviii. " the Act of 1963 " means the British Railways Act, 1963;
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" the Act of 1964 " means the British Railways Act, 1964; PART I
" the Board " means the British Railways Board;
—cont.
" enactment " means any enactment, whether public general
or local, and includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation,
scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an
enactment;
" the jetty " means Work No. 5;
" the level of high water " means the level of mean high-water
springs;
" the limits of deviation" means the limits of deviation
shown on the deposited plans;
" the Minister " means the Minister of Transport;
" tidal work " means so much of Work No. 5 and any work
authorised by section 7 (Power to Board to make
subsidiary works) of this Act as is on, under or over
tidal waters or tidal lands below the level of high water;
" the tribunal " means the Lands Tribunal;
" the works " means the works authorised by Part II (Works)
of this Act.
(2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be
construed as a reference to that enactment, as applied, extended,
amended or varied by, or by virtue of, any subsequent enactment,
including this Act.
(3) All distances and lengths stated in any description of works,
powers or lands shall be construed as if the words " or there-
abouts " were inserted after each such distance and length and
distances between points on a railway shall be taken to be
measured along the railway.
(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this
Act to a work identified by the number of such work shall be
construed as a reference to the work of that number authorised
by this Act.
3.
The following Acts and parts of Acts, so far as the same are Incorporation
applicable for the purposes and are not inconsistent with or of general
varied by the provisions of this Act, are incorporated with and Acts-
form part of this Act, and this Act shall be deemed to be the
special Act for the purposes of the said incorporated enactments:—
(a) the Lands Clauses Acts, except sections 127 to 133 of
the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845; 1845 c. 18.
(b) the Act of 1845, except sections 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, 22 and
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thereof,
and Part I (relating to construction of a
railway) and Part II (relating to extension of time) cf
the Act of 1863;
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