The Churnet Valley Light Railway Order 1996

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them:—

“the Act of 1845” means the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845(1);

“the Board” means the British Railways Board;

“the Board’s railway” means so much of the former railway of the Board in the County of Staffordshire described in and authorised by the enabling Acts and works relating thereto as lies between the point immediately to the south of the point known as Leekbrook junction in the parish of Leek at Grid Reference SJ9813/5378 and the point known as the sand sidings in the Parish of Oakamoor at Grid Reference SK0453/4508 and includes all the lands and works relating thereto in those parishes and in the parishes of Cheddleton, Ipstones and Kingsley in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands formerly held by the Board relating to the said railway and lying between those points;

“the Company” means Churnet Valley Railway (1992) plc incorporated under the Companies Acts 1985 to 1989(2) and having its registered office at Cheddleton Station, Cheddleton, Staffordshire ST13 7EE;

“the Company’s railway” means the railway authorised to be construced and maintained by the Company pursuant to article 4 of this Order;

“the definitive map” means the definitive map for the area prepared under section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(3);

“the deposited plans” and “the deposited sections” mean respectively the plans and sections deposited in respect of the application for this Order with the Secretary of State for Transport, Great Minister House, 76 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DR and at the registered office of the Company, and marked as those plans and sections respectively;

“the enabling Acts” means the North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Line) Act 1846(4) and the North Staffordshire Railway Act 1847(5);

“the existing railway centre demonstration line” means the railway and works relating thereto in the County of Staffordshire lying immediately to the south of Cheddleton Station in the parish of Cheddleton on lands owned by or leased to the Company and shown marked “existing railway centre demonstration line & sidings” on the deposited plans;

“Grid Reference” means an Ordnance Survey Grid Reference;

“the transfer date” in respect of the Board’s railway or any part of the Board’s railway means the date on which the Board’s railway or that part of the Board’s railway is transferred to the Company by virtue of an agreement made pursuant to article 6 of this Order.

(2) For the purposes of this Order, “transferred” in relation to any rails, plates, sleepers, chairs, sidings, passing loops, junctions or any other associated track equipment forming part of the Board’s railway includes leased or let to, or licensed for use by, the Company.

(1)

1845 c. 20.

(2)

1985 c. 6 and 1989 c. 40.

(3)

1981 c. 69.

(4)

1846 c.lxxxvi.

(5)

1847 c.cviii.