Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Act 1900
1Power to make rules as to dangerous railway operations.
2Publication and consideration of draft rules.
3Reference of objections to Railway Commissioners.
4Questions to be kept in view in considering objections.
5Making of rules.
6Power to refer objections to referee.
7Application of rules.
8Power to make an order or give a direction in place of a rule.
9Power to extend time.
10Application to rescind or vary rules
11Penalties.
12Procedure before Commissioners.
13Inspection and notices of accidents.
14Issuing debenture stock to meet expenses incurred under this Act.
15Staff, inquiries, and experiments.
16Definition of "railway" and "railway company".
17Obligation of railway company under terms of lease or agreement.
18Provision against double notices, double inspections, &c.
19Application to Scotland and Ireland.
20Short title.
SCHEDULE
1Brake levers on both sides of waggons.
2Labelling waggons.
3Movement of waggons by propping and tow roping.
4Steam or other power brakes on engines.
5Lighting of stations or sidings where shunting operations are frequently...
6Protection of point rods and signal wires, and position of...
7Position of offices and cabins near working lines.
8Marking of fouling points.
9Construction and protection of gauge glasses.
10Arrangement of tool boxes and water gauges on engines.
11Working of trains without brake vans upon running lines beyond...
12Protection to permanent way men when relaying or repairing permanent...

Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Act 1900

1900 Chapter 27

An Act for the better Prevention of Accidents on Railways.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: