Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (No.2) Act 1990
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1990 c. xxiii |
Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) c. xxiii
(No.
2) Act 1990
ELIZABETH II
1990 CHAPTER xxiii
An Act to empower the Greater Manchester Passenger
Transport Executive to construct further works and
to acquire lands; to confer further powers on the
Executive; and for other purposes. [26th July 1990]
W
HEREAS the area of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport
Executive (hereinafter referred to as "the Executive") is the
metropolitan county of Greater Manchester:
And whereas it is the duty of the Executive under the Transport Act 1968 1968 c. 73.
to secure the provision of such public passenger transport services as they
consider it appropriate to secure for meeting any public transport require-
ments within their area in accordance with policies formulated by the
passenger transport authority for their area:
And
whereas
the further extension of the light rapid transit system which the
Executive are authorised to provide would be of great public advantage:
And whereas it is expedient that the Executive should be empowered to
construct the works authorised by this Act and to acquire or use the lands
referred to in this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the other powers in this Act contained
should be conferred upon the Executive and that the other provisions in this
Act should be enacted:
*• c. xxiii Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System)
(No.
2) Act 1990
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines or situations and levels of
the works authorised 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 lands which may be acquired or used compulsorily
under the powers of this Act, have been deposited in the office of the Clerk of
the Parliaments and in the Private Bill Office, House of Commons, with the
town clerk and chief executive of the Council of the City of Manchester, the
chief executive of the Council of the City of Salford, the chief executive of the
Bury Borough Council, the chief executive and town clerk of the Rochdale
Borough Council and the chief executive of the Trafford Borough Council and
such plans, sections and book of reference are in this Act respectively referred
to 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:
And whereas the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority have
approved the promotion of the Bill for this Act pursuant to section
10 (1)
(xxix)
1968 c. 73. of the Transport Act 1968:
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
Citation. 1. This Act may be cited as the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit
System) (No. 2) Act 1990.
Interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
"the authorised works" means the works authorised by this Act;
"the Executive" means the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport
Executive;
"the railways board" means the British Railways Board;
"the tramroads" means Works Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 10A, 1
OB
and 11;
"the tramway" means Work No. 9;
"the tribunal" means the Lands Tribunal.
(2) Where in this Act any distance or length is stated, or any reference point
is referred to, in any description of works or functions, the reference to that
distance, length or reference point shall be construed as if the words "or
thereabouts" were inserted after such distance, length or reference point
(as
the
case may be).
(3)
Unless the
context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to a work
identified by the number of
the
work shall be construed as a reference to the
work of that number authorised by this Act.
(4) References in this Act to reference points shall be construed as
references to National Grid reference points.
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