The Swanage Light Railway (Extension) Order 1993

Interpretation

2.  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

“the Board” means the British Railways Board;

“the Company” means the Swanage Railway Company Limited, incorporated under the Companies Act 1948(1) and having its registered office at The Station, Swanage, Dorest, BH19 1HB;

“the Council” means the Dorset County Council;

“the Board’s railway” means so much of the former Swanage branch railway of the Board in the District of Purbeck, County of Dorset, described in, and authorised by, the Swanage Railway Act 1881(2), and works relating thereto, as lies between a point at Harman’s Cross 250 metres west of the bridge carrying Haycraft’s Lane over the Swanage Light Railway of the Company, and a point at Furzebrook 527 metres west of the bridge carrying the A351 road between Corfe Castle and Stoborough over the site of the former branch railway of the Board, and includes all lands held, or formerly held, by the Board relating to the said former branch railway and lying between these points;

“the Council’s land” means the site of the Board’s railway, or so much thereof as has for the time being been conveyed by the Board to the Council;

“the Company’s railway” means the railway authorised to be constructed, made and maintained by the Company pursuant to article 5 of this Order, and prior to such construction, the land on which it is authorised to be constructed;

“the deposited plan”and “the deposited section”means respectively the plan and section deposited in respect of the application for this Order with the Department of Transport.

“the principal Act” means the Light Railways Act 1896;

and all directions, distances, and lengths stated in this Order shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such direction, distance, and length, and distances between points on the former Swanage branch railway shall be taken to be measured along the course of the former railway.

(1)

1948 c. 38.

(2)

1881 c.clix.