Light Railways (Ireland) Act 1889
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1889 c. 66 |
| Year | 1889 |
Light Railways (Ireland) Act, 1889
(52 & 53 Vict.) CHAPTER 66.
An Act to facilitate the Construction of Light Railways in Ireland.
[30th August 1889]
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:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as theLight Railways (Ireland) Act, 1889.
2 Extent of Act.
(1)2.—(1.) This Act shall not extend to England or Scotland.
(2) (2.) The Lord Lieutenant by Order in Council may from time to time declare that it is desirable that a light railway should be constructed between certain places for the development of fisheries or other industries, but that owing to the circumstances of the district special assistance from the State is required for its construction, and declare that the provisions herein-after enacted shall be applicable to such light railway, and thereupon the provisions of this Act shall be applicable to a light railway between the said places; but the provisions of this Act shall not apply except to a light railway specified in such an Order in Council as aforesaid, and shall cease to apply to such railway unless the same be constructed within a period to be mentioned in the said order or such extended period as shall be named in any subsequent order.
3 Who may be promoters.
3. This Act shall apply only (a ) where the promoters of the light railway are an Irish railway company having a railway open for traffic; or (b ) where the promoters have made an agreement approved of by the Treasury for the maintenance, management, and working of the light railway by such a railway company; or (c ) where the promoters in making application to the grand jury of any county under the Tramways (Ireland) Acts propose that a barony or baronies in the county shall guarantee the payment of dividends upon a portion of the paid-up capital of the light railway, pursuant to the provisions of the Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883, which promoters are hereby authorised to do.
4 Treasury agreements with and advances to railway companies.
(1)4.—(1.) If the report of the Board of Works made upon the inquiry directed by the ninth section of the Tramways (Ireland) Act, 1860, as altered by this Act, shall have approved of the undertaking with or without any modification thereof, the Treasury may sanction such undertaking or any modification thereof of which they may approve and make an agreement with such promoters, being a public company, for the construction, maintenance, and working of the light railway, or any or either of the said matters, upon such terms and conditions in all respects as to the execution of the undertaking and any contracts to be made therefor, or as to any other matter relating to the undertaking as the Treasury shall think fit.
(2) (2.) The Treasury may, subject to the limitations as to amount in this Act contained, agree that the undertaking may be aided out of public money either by a capital sum or by an annual payment, or partly in one way and partly in another.
(3) (3.) The capital sum may be a free grant or a loan, or partly one and partly the other, but no loan shall be made to any company which owes arrears of principal or interest to the Treasury, or to any promoters whose agreement for construction, maintenance, or working is made with such a company.
(4) (4.) A free grant or an annual payment shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
(5) (5.) Any such loan shall be made by the Board of Works, under the directions of the Treasury, out of moneys at the disposal of such Board for local loans, and shall be advanced on such conditions and at such rate of interest as the Treasury may direct.
5 Order in Council to confirm agreement.
5. Where such an agreement has been...
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