The Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) Order 1994

4.  The Regulation of Railways Act 1871(1)shall be amended as follows—

(a) in section 2(g) (interpretation), in the definition of the term “company”, after the words “or in conjunction with any other purpose)” there shall be inserted the words “or any person having the management of a railway, station or train for the time being”;

(b) in section 3(h) (Board of Trade may appoint inspectors of railways) for the words “any railway and of making any inquiry with respect to any railway or into the cause of any railway accident” there shall be substituted the words “any railway or station and of making any inquiry with respect to any railway or station or into the cause of any railway accident or any accident at any station”;

(c) in section 4(i) (powers of inspectors of railways) for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(1) He may enter and inspect any railway or station and any works, buildings or offices belonging thereto and may inspect any stock, plant or machinery used in connection with any railway or station;”and

(d) in section 6(j) (companies to make returns of accidents to Board of Trade)—

(i) for the words “Where in or about” to “working any railways” inclusive, there shall be substituted the following—

“Where in or about any railway or station or any works or buildings connected therewith, or any building or place (whether open or closed) occupied by a company having the management of a railway or station, any of the following accidents takes place in the course of the working of the railway or station”; and

(ii) for the words “the company working such railway, and also, if the accident happen to a train belonging to any other company”, there shall be substituted the following—

“the company having the management of the railway or station, and, also, if the accident happens to a train operated by any other company,”.

(1)

1845 c. 33 (8 & 9 Vict.).