The Tunbridge Wells and Eridge Light Railway 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 Tunbridge Wells and Eridge Railway Preservation Society Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985(1) and whose registered office is at Eridge Station, Eridge, near Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex;

“the effective date” in relation to Railway No.1 means the day on which that railway or any part thereof is vested in the Company by virtue of agreements made between the Board and the Company and in relation to Railway No.2 means the day from which any lease of that railway or any part thereof granted under article 5(1) of this Order (Leasing of railway to Company and Operating Company) takes effect, as the case may be;

“lease” in the context of Railway No.2 includes a grant of easements or a licence;

“the Operating Company” means the Wealden Railway Company Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 and whose registered office is at Eridge Station, Eridge, near Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex;

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

“the railway” means Railway No.1 and Railway No.2;

“Railway No.1” and “Railway No.2” mean respectively the railways more particularly described in the Schedule to this Order as “Railway No.1” and “Railway No. 2” including all lands and works relating thereto.

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1985 c. 6.