Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) Order 1994

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1994/857
Year1994

1994 No. 857

TRANSPORT

The Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) Order 1994

Made 22th March 1994

Laid before Parliament 22th March 1994

Coming into force 1st April 1994

Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of the Railways Act 19931and instruments made under or by virtue of that Act to make the modifications set out in the Schedule hereto to the existing provisions referred to therein;

Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 153 of the Railways Act 19932, hereby makes the following Order:—

S-1 This Order may be cited as the Railways Act 1993 (Consequential...

1. This Order may be cited as the Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

S-2 The provisions of the Schedule hereto shall have effect.

The provisions of the Schedule hereto shall have effect.

2. The provisions of the Schedule hereto shall have effect.

Roger Freeman

Minister of State,

Department of Transport

22nd March 1994

SCHEDULE

Article 2

SCHEDULE

SCH-1.1

1. The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 18453shall be amended by inserting, at the end of each of sections 115 (engines to be approved by the company), 116(b) (penalty on persons using improper engines), 117 (carriages to be constructed to company’s regulations), 118 (regulations to be in writing, and apply also to company’s carriages), 119(c) (penalty on persons using improper carriages) and 120 (owner’s name etc to be registered and exhibited on carriages, if required), the following—

“Nothing in this section shall apply to the bringing or use of any rolling stock on track comprised in a network, the person having the management of which for the time being is the holder of a network licence; and in this section “rolling stock”, “track”, “network” and “holder of a network licence” shall be construed in accordance with Part I of the Railways Act 1993.”.

SCH-1.2

2. The Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 18454shall be amended by inserting, at the end of each of sections 108 (engines to be approved by the company), 109 (penalty on persons using improper engines), 110 (carriages to be constructed to company’s regulations), 111 (regulations to be in writing, and apply also to company’s carriages), 112 (penalty on persons using improper carriages) and 113 (owner’s name etc to be regstered and exhibited on carriages, if required), the following—

“Nothing in this section shall apply to the bringing or use of any rolling stock on track comprised in a network, the person having the management of which for the time being is the holder of a network licence; and in this section “rolling stock”, “track”, “network” and “holder of a network licence” shall be construed in accordance with Part I of the Railways Act 1993.”.

SCH-1.3

3. Section 2 of the Regulation of Railways Act 18685(interpretation of terms) shall be amended by inserting in the definition of the term “company” after the words “or in conjunction with any other purpose)” the words “or any person having the management of a railway or a train for the time being”.

SCH-1.4

4. The Regulation of Railways Act 18716shall be amended as follows—

(a) in section 2(g) (interpretation), in the definition of the term “company”, after the words “or in conjunction with any other purpose)” there shall be inserted the words “or any person having the management of a railway, station or train for the time being”;

(b) in section 3(h) (Board of Trade may appoint inspectors of railways) for the words “any railway and of making any inquiry with respect to any railway or into the cause of any railway accident” there shall be substituted the words “any railway or station and of making any inquiry with respect to any railway or station or into the cause of any railway accident or any...

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