Port Talbot Railway and Docks Act 1899
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1899 c. cxcix |
| Year | 1899 |
[62
&
63
VICT.]
Port
Talbot
Railway
and
Docks
Act,
1899.
[Ch.
cxcix.]
CHAPTEB
cxcix.
An Act
to
enable the Port Talbot Railway and Docks
A.D.
lmg.
-
Company to maintain certain deviations
of
their
rail-
ways
and
works
authorised by t,he Port Talbot Railway
and Docks Act 1894 the Port Talbot Railway and
Docks (Ogmore Valleys Extension) Act 1896
and
the
Port Talbot Railway and Docks (South Wales Mineral
Railway Junction) Act 1896 and
for
other purposes.
[lst
August 1899.1
HEREAS by the Port Talbot Railway and
Eocks
Act
1894
8&58Vict.
(herein-after called
''
the Act,
of
1894")
the Port Talbot
Company were dissolved and re-incorporated under the name
of
the
Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company (herein-after referred
to as "the Company
")
for
the purposes of improviug the
port
and harbour
of
Port
'l'albct and the accemes thereto and also for the
development
of
the traffic in connexion t,herewith
to
improve the
existing
dcclc
and to construct and maint~iri
a
new ciock
and
certain
railways amongst others three railways
No.
1
No.
2
and
KO.
3
forming
a
continuous line from l'ort Talbot
to
and jQining the
Garw Branch
of
the Great Western Railway (South Wales Division)
at Pont-y-Rhyll Station aiid also a short Railway
KO,
7
extendiag
from
the said Ra,ilway
No.
1
near the Margarn Copper Works to and
joining the Great Western Railway main line (South Wales Division)
and
other
works
ant1 power
was
given by the said Act
to
run
over
the
said
Garw
Brans11
for
purposes
of
all
traffic including passenger
traffic
and,
the Company were authorised for the before-znentioned
purposes to raise six hundred thousalid pounds by shares
ailcl
one
hundred and seventy-four thousand pounds by borrowing
:
Valleys Extensioii) Act
1S96
(in
this
Act callecl
**
the
0gnior.e
Act
c-
cxlr.
of
1896")
the
Company
were authorised to
make
and ~nuiiitairi
(among other railways) Railways
No.
1
and
XCJ.
2
from
nczr the
And whereas
by
the Port
Talbot
Railway and
Docks
(Ogmore
GO
Vict.
[Price
1s.
9d.l
a
1
[Ch.
oxcix,]
Port
Talbot
Railway
and
Doclcs
Act,
1899.
[62
&
63
VICT.]
A.D.
1899.
said Margam Copper
Works
to join the Great Western Railway
Porthcawl Branch (South Wales Division) near the CeEn Colliery
:
And whereas by the Port Talbot Itailway and Docks (South
Wales Mineral Railway Junction) Act is96 (in this Act called
''
the Mineral Railway
Act
of
1896
")
the Company were authorised
to construct Railways
No.
1
and
No.
2
commencing by
a
junction in
the parish
of
Margam with Railway
No.
4
authorised by the Act
of
1894 and terminating
in
the parish
of
Baglan and a Railway
No.
4
connecting Railway
No.
1
with Railway
No.
4
both authorised
by the Act
of
1804:
And whereas during tte construction
of
the several railways
herein-before referred
to
it was found expedient to make certain
deviatims therein by arrangement with
the
owners lessees and
occupiers of the lands
in
which the respective deviations wvre
made and it
is
expedient
that
those deviationd should bo confirmed
:
And whereas the said new dock is opened
for
traffic and
all
the
authorised railways as
so
deviated with the exception
of
Railway
KO.
4
authorised by the Mineral Railway Act
of
1896 and Railway
No.
12 authorised by the Ogmore Act of 1896 are completed
:
And whereas it
is
expedient that the time for constructing the
said Railway
No.
4
should be extendod and that the construction
of
the said Eailway
No.
12
should be abandoned
:
47
And whereas by virtue
of
t'he Act
47
Geo.
111.
(Session 2) cap.
33
(ses5.2)~.33.
all vessels navigating the Bristol Channel were required
to
be
piloted by pilots authorised and licensed
by
the mayor burgesses
17
&18
Vict.
and commonalty of the city
of
Bristol but by the Swansea
the
Port
of
Swansea and by the Bristol Channel Pilotage
c. cxxvi.
24
c. ccxxxvi.
"'
Act 1861 and
by
the Barry
Dock
and Railways Act
lSS9
the ports
52
h
53
Vict.
of Swansea Cardiff Sewport Glouoeater and Barry mere exempted
c.
lxxxvi.
from the operation
of
the said Act
of
George the Third and placed
under the jurisdiction
of
separate pilotage boards constituted under
io
&
20
Vict.
the said exempting Acts and
by
the Ely !L'idal Harbour and Railway
c.
cxxii-
Act 1856 and the Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway Sct
1857
20h21Vict.
separate proviRions were made
as
to pilotage to and from the
c.
Ixix.
Penarth Harbour and Docks
:
'And whereas by the Act
of
1894 the Company were constituted
the port and harbour authority for the port of Port Talbot and
were authorised to license pilots for the pilotage
of
vessels
to
and
from the said
port
the limits of which were defiiied
by
that Sct
:
And whereas the docks
of
the Company although within
the
limits of the Customs Port of Swansea are situate eight miles
or
thereabouts from SwanFea Docks
and
it
is
expedient that
provisions
such
as
are
in
thi,
Aut
contained should
Le
made with reference
to
-
59$60Vict.
ccxii.
111.
a
.i
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