Military Tramways Act 1887

10 Publication and confirmation of Provisional Order

(1) When a Provisional Order has been made by the Board of Trade on the application of the Secretary of State under this Act, it shall be published in the " London Gazette," and in such other manner by deposit and advertisement as to the Board of Trade may seem proper, but it shall not be of any effect unless confirmed as herein-after provided.

(2) Where within one month after the publication of the Provisional Order in the " London Gazette," and of such other publication or advertisement as the Board of Trade may direct, a petition against it by any local or road authority within whose district it is proposed by the Provisional Order to authorise the construction of any tramways or by the owner or occupier of any land which the Secretary of State is authorised to acquire by the Provisional Order has been received by the Board of Trade, and is not withdrawn, the Provisional Order shall require the confirmation of Parliament, and the Board of Trade may, if they think fit, in such case, at any time after the expiration of such month, procure a Bill to be introduced into either House of Parliament for an Act to confirm such Provisional Order, which shall be set out at length in the schedule to the Bill.

If, while any such Bill is pending in either House of Parliament, a petition is presented against any Provisional Order comprised therein, a Bill, so far as it relates to the Order petitioned against, may be referred to a select committee, and the petitioner shall be allowed to appear and oppose as in the case of a Bill for a special Act.

The Act of Parliament confirming a Provisional Order under this Act shall be deemed a Public General Act.

(3) Where at the expiration of one month after the publication of a Provisional Order in the " London Gazette," and of such other publication or advertisement as the Board of Trade may direct, no such petition against it has been received by the Board of Trade, or where every such petition that may have been presented has been withdrawn, the Board of Trade may, if they think fit, submit such Provisional Order for confirmation to Her Majesty in Council, and it shall be lawful for Her Majesty to confirm such Provisional Order by Order in Council, and thereupon such Provisional Order shall be of full force and effect in the same manner in all respects as if it had been confirmed by Act of Parliament,

(4) The Board of Trade, on the application of the Secretary of State, may from time to time revoke, amend, extend, or vary such Provisional Order by a further Provisional Order to be confirmed in manner provided by this section.