Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 1990
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1990 c. xv |
| Year | 1990 |
Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 1990 c. xv 1
ELIZABETH II
1990 CHAPTER xv
An Act to empower the Greater Manchester Passenger
Transport Executive to construct additional works
and to acquire lands; to confer further powers on the
Executive; and for other purposes. [26th April 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 to secure the provision of such public passenger transport services as 1968 c. 73.
they consider it appropriate to secure for meeting any public transport
requirements 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:
2 c. xv Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 1990
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines or situations and levels
of the works authorised by this Act (other than the substituted portion of
the tramroad (Work No. 1) as defined in this Act and hereinafter referred
to as "the substituted portion of Work No. 1") 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 (other than the lands
required for the purposes of the substituted portion of Work No. 1), were
in the month of November 1987 deposited in the office of the Clerk of the
Parliaments and in the Private Bill Office, House of Commons, with the
chief executive of the Council of the City of Salford 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 a plan and section showing the line or situation of the
substituted portion of Work No.
1
and-_also a book of reference to that plan
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
for the purposes of the substituted portion of Work No. 1 were deposited
in the month of May 1989 in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments and
in the Private Bill Office, House of Commons, with the chief executive of
the Council of the City of Salford and with the chief executive of the
Trafford Borough Council and such plan, section and book of reference
are respectively referred to in this Act as the substituted plan, section and
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
1968 c. 73. 10 (1) (xxix) 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:
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PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation. 1. This Act may be cited as the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit
System) Act 1990.
Interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
—
"the authorised works" means the works authorised by this Act;
"the city" means the city of Salford;
"the Executive" means the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport
Executive;
"the railways board" means the British Railways Board;
"the substituted portion of Work No. 1" means the portion of the
tramroad which is shown on the substituted plan and section
commencing at a point on the line of Work No. 1 (as shown on
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