Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

LXVI Board of Trade empowered to modify the Construction of certain Roads, Bridges, &c. where a strict Compliance with the Act is impossible or inconvenient.

And whereas Expense might frequently be avoided, and public Convenience promoted, by a Reference to the Board of Trade upon the Construction of public Works of an engineering Nature connected with the Railway, where a strict Compliance with the Provision of this or the Special Act might be impossible, or attended with inconvenience to the Company, and without adequate Advantage to the Public : Be it enacted, That in case any Difference in regard to the Construction, Alteration, or Restoration of any Road or Bridge, or other public Work of an engineering Nature required by the Provisions of this or the Special Act, shall arise between the Company and any Trustees, Commissioners, Surveyors, or other Persons having the Control of or being authorized by Law to enforce the Construction of such Road, Bridge, or Work, it shall be lawful for either Party, after giving Fourteen Days Notice in Writing of their Intention so to do to the other Party, to apply to the Board of Trade to decide upon the proper Manner of constructing, altering, or restoring such Road, Bridge, or other Work; and it shall be lawful for the Board of Trade, if they shall think fit, to decide the same accordingly, and to authorize, by Certificate in Writing, any Arrangement or Mode of Construction in regard to any such Road, Bridge, or other Work which shall appear to them either to be in substantial Compliance with the Provisions of this and the Special Act, or to be calculated to afford equal or greater Accommodation to the Public using such Road, Bridge, or other Work; and after any such Certificate shall have been given by the Board of Trade, the Road, Bridge, or other Work therein mentioned shall be constructed by the Company in conformity with the Terms of such Certificate, and being so constructed shall be deemed to be constructed in conformity with the Provisions of this and the Special Act: Provided always, that no such Certificate shall be granted by the Board of Trade unless they shall be satisfied that existing private Rights or Interests will not be injuriously affected thereby.