The London Underground (East London Line Extension) Order 1997

Transfer of rights and obligations

27.—(1) In this article–

“the 1861 Act” means the North London Railway (City Branch) Act 1861(1);

“the railway land” means any land which is acquired by the Company from the railways board or Railtrack for the purposes of this Order or is acquired by the Company from the railways board pursuant to article 23 above, other than the land upon which the viaduct is situated;

“the viaduct” means so much of the viaduct which formerly carried the City branch of the North London Railway of the railways board between Worship Street and Haggerston Road in the London Borough of Hackney authorised by the 1861 Act as is acquired by the Company for the purposes of this Order, together with all works and conveniences forming part of or connected with the viaduct, and includes the land on which the viaduct is situated.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and Railtrack or the railways board (as the case may be), all the rights and obligations of the railways board and Railtrack, whether statutory or otherwise, relating to the railway land and the viaduct shall be transferred to the Company to the exclusion of the railways board and Railtrack by virtue of this Order on the date upon which the Company enters upon the viaduct and the railway land under the powers conferred by article 17 above.

(3) In this article “the City branch of the North London Railway” has the same meaning as in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order.