Railway Heritage Act 1996

7 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• “designated”, in relation to a record or artefact, means designated, or of a class or description designated, by the committee under section 3 above, and “designation” shall be construed accordingly;

• “disposal”, in relation to a designated record or artefact, includes—

  (a)

  a lease or loan of the record or artefact for a period which exceeds twelve months, or for any period to a person to whom the record or artefact has been leased or loaned at any time in the preceding twelve months;

  (b)

  the creation of any security over the record or artefact,

  and “dispose” shall be construed accordingly.

(2) In this Act expressions which are also used in the [1993 c. 43.] Railways Act 1993 have the same meanings as in that Act.