This Act may be cited as the London Underground (Victoria) Act 1991.
(1)In this Act, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, the several words and expressions to which meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly or partly incorporated herewith have in relation to the related subject-matter the same respective meanings; and—
“the Act of 1845” means the [1845 c. 20.] Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845;
“the Act of 1963” means the [1963 c. xxiv.] London Transport Act 1963;
“the Act of 1964” means the [1964 c. xxvi] London Transport Act 1964;
“the Act of 1965” means the [1965 c. xli.] London Transport Act 1965;
“the Act of 1966” means the [1966 c. xxxiii.] London Transport Act 1966;
“the Act of 1969” means the [1969 c. 1.] London Transport Act 1969;
“the Act of 1976” means the [1976 c. xxxvii.] London Transport Act 1976;
“the Act of 1981” means the [1981 c. xxxii.] London Transport Act 1981;
“the Company” means London Underground Limited;
“the limit of deviation” means the limit of deviation shown on the deposited plan;
“the new passageways” means the passageways, which the Company may provide under section 4 (Power to make works) of this Act, to connect the northbound and southbound platforms of the Company’s Victoria Line at their Victoria station; and
“the works” means the works authorised by Part II (Works, etc.) of this Act.
(2)Any reference to the London Transport Board or London Transport Executive in any of the provisions incorporated with this Act by section 9 (Incorporation of works provisions), section 18 (Incorporation of lands provisions) and section 19 (Incorporation of protective provisions) of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the Company.
(3)All distances, lengths and directions stated in any description of works, powers or lands, shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such distance, length and direction, and distances between points on a railway shall be taken to be measured along the railway.
(4)Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to Work No. 1 shall be construed as a reference to the work of that number authorised by this Act.
(1)The following enactments, so far as the same are applicable for the purposes and are not inconsistent with or varied by the provisions of this Act, are incorporated with and form part of this Act, and this Act shall be deemed to be the special Act for the purposes of the said incorporated enactments:—
(a)the Lands Clauses Acts, except sections 127 to 133 of the [1845 c. 18.] Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845; and
(b)the Act of 1845, except sections 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 94 and 95 thereof.
(2)For the purposes of the provisions of the Act of 1845, as incorporated with this Act—
(a)the expression “the company” where used in the said incorporated provisions means the company; and
(b)Work No. 1 and the new passageways shall be deemed to be railways authorised by the special Act.
(3)Sections 18 and 21 of the Act of 1845, as incorporated with this Act, shall not extend to regulate the relations between the Company and any other person in respect of any matter or thing concerning which those relations are regulated in any respect by the provisions of—
(a)Part II of the [1950 c. 39.] Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950; or
(b)section 42 (For protection of gas, water and electricity undertakers) of the Act of 1963, as incorporated with this Act.