Directions limiting speeds and loads
4.—(1) The Department may give a direction under this section to the operator of a railway.
(2) A direction under this section may impose—
(a)maximum speeds at which vehicles in use on a railway may travel, and
(b)maximum weights that may be transmitted to the rails by any one pair of wheels, or by such other parts of the vehicles as may be specified in the direction.
(3) Directions under this section may make different provision for different vehicles, different parts of a railway, or otherwise for different circumstances.
(4) Before giving a direction under this section, the Department shall consult the person to whom he proposes to give it.
(5) If a direction under this section is contravened, the person to whom the direction was given shall be guilty of an offence.
(6) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.