Light Railways Act 1912

5Miscellaneous amendments of principal Act

(1)The requirement contained in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section three of the principal Act that the expenditure of a council shall in a certain case be limited by the order shall be amended by the substitution of the words " such amount as the Board of Trade think fit under the circumstances, " for the words " such amount as will, in the opinion " of the Board of Trade, bear due proportion to the benefit which may be expected to accrue to their area from the construction or working of the railway."

(2)There shall be substituted for the words " a railway company existing at the time will construct and work the railway " if an advance is made by the Treasury under this section " in subsection (1) of section five of the principal Act, the words " a railway company working railways, open for traffic has entered into an undertaking, subject to an advance being " made by the Treasury under this section, to work the light " railway when constructed."

(3)The following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraphs (c) and (d) of section eleven of the principal Act:—

“(c)giving the necessary powers for constructing and working the railway and any works incidental thereto, including power to make agreements with any railway or other company, or any authority, person, or body of persons, for the purpose ; and

(d)giving any railway or any other company or 'any authority, person, or body of persons any power required for carrying the order into effect; and”

(4)In subsection (1) of section sixteen of the principal Act a reference to an application for an order under that Act shall include a reference to an intended application for such an order, and a reference to parishes shall include a reference to parts of parishes.

(5)It is hereby declared that the fixed period referred to in subsection (4) of section sixteen of the principal Act need not be a period fixed by the order, but may be a period fixed as occasion requires by the Board of Trade or- other Government Department.

(6)Notwithstanding anything in section sixteen of the principal Act, any expenses incurred by the council of a borough with reference to the application for a light railway order, or in pursuance of such an order, may be made payable either out of the borough fund or rate, or as expenses incurred in the execution of the Public Health Acts as the order may prescribe.