London Passenger Transport Act 1933

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(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively—

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  • “Amalgamated Railway Companies” means the four amalgamated railway companies constituted under the M1Railways Act 1921;

  • “Appointed day” means—

    (a)

    in relation to the local authorities’ undertakings, the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-three, or such later date in the case of any particular undertaking as the Minister may with the concurrence of the local authority concerned by order fix;

    (b)

    in relation to the Underground undertakings and the Metropolitan undertaking, the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-three;

    (c)

    in relation to a Tilling undertaking, or an independent undertaking, or the Lewis undertaking, such date as the Minister may by order fix not being earlier than the later of the two following dates, that is to say, the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-three, or the date on which the extent of the transfer effected by this Act in respect of that undertaking is agreed between the owners of the undertaking and the Board or in default of agreement is determined by the arbitration tribunal; and

    (d)

    for the purposes of subsection (7) of section thirty-nine, and of subsection (2) of section forty-six of this Act, the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and thirty-three;

  • “Arbitration Tribunal” means the London Passenger Transport Abritration Tribunal constituted under this Act;

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  • “Company” where used in relation to companies specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act, includes Lots Road Power House Joint Committee;

  • “Debenture Stock” includes debentures, bonds, rentcharge stock and other like securities and obligations;

  • “Fares” means fares and other charges in connection with the conveyance of passengers and their luggage;

  • “London Passenger Transport Area” means the area defined in Part I of the Seventh Schedule to this Act;

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  • “Minister” means [F3the Secretary of State];

  • “Pooling Scheme” means the scheme confirmed or settled in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-one of this Act;

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  • “Statutory Company” means a company incorporated by special Act;

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  • “Tramway” includes a light railway or trolley vehicle system and the expression “tramway undertaking” shall be construed accordingly;

  • “Undertaking ofthe Executive” means the whole of the undertaking administered by [F6the Executive] comprising the undertakings, and those parts of the undertakings which are transferred to [F6the Executive] by this Act, and any undertakings or parts of undertakings which under this Act are from time to time acquired, taken on lease or established by [F6the Executive].

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(4)For the purposes of section five of this Act any rights, powers or privileges and any liabilities or obligations which were immediately before the appointed day vested in or attached to the Metropolitan and District Joint Committee shall be deemed to be rights, powers and privileges and liabilities and obligations of the Metropolitan Railway Company and of the Metropolitan District Railway Company jointly, and for the purposes of Part VII and of sections . . . F8 eighty-five, . . . F8 of this Act the said Joint Committee shall be deemed to be a company owning an undertaking specified in Part I or Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1Definitions repealed by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1, Pt. XV

F3Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1981/238, arts. 2(2), 3(2)–(4)

F9S. 107(3) repealed by Transport Act 1962 (c. 46) Sch. 12 Pt. I

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