British Railways (No. 2) Act 1992
Part I
Preliminary
1
Short title
2
Interpretation
3
Incorporation of general enactments
4
Application of Part I of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
Part II
Works, etc.
works
5
Power to make works
Provisions relating to Works Nos. 2B and 2C
6
Dimensions of bridges at Langley
Provisions relating to Work No. 7
7
Appropriation of works for Work No. 7
Provisions relating to Works Nos. 9 and 10
8
Level crossing of Brinsworth Street, Rotherham, by Works Nos. 9 and 10
Provisions relating to Works Nos. 13 and 13A
9
Stopping up portion of Whinny Hagg Lane, Hambleton
Provisions relating to Works Nos. 14 and 14A
10
Stopping up portion of Little Heck Common Lane and new bridleway at Hensall
Provisions relating to Work No. 15
11
Platform extensions at Elephant & Castle station
Other station works
12
Works at Langley, Iver and West Drayton stations
13
Platform extension at Braintree station, Essex
Level crossings
14
New level crossing at Northampton
General works provisions
15
Power to deviate
16
Stopping up highways in case of diversion or substitution
17
Appropriating sites of highways
18
Repair of highways
19
Agreements with highway authorities
20
Temporary stoppage of highways
21
Underpinning of buildings near works
22
Use of sewers, etc., for removing water
Part III
River bridge at Gainsborough
23
Interpretation of Part III
24
Headway of bridge at Gainsborough
25
Subsidiary works in river Trent
Part IV
Land
Purchase of land, etc.
26
Purchase of land
27
Purchase of rights over land
28
Purchase of specific new rights over land
29
Temporary use of land
General lands provisions
30
Purchase of part of certain properties
31
Disregard of recent improvements and interests
32
Extinction or suspension of private rights of way
33
Correction of errors in deposited plans and book of reference
34
Cellars under streets not referenced
35
Set-off for enhancement in value of retained land
36
Time for purchase of land and rights over land
Extension of time
37
Extension of time
Part V
Protective provisions
38
Notice of interference with roads
39
For protection of electricity, gas and water undertakers
40
For protection of sewerage undertakers
41
For protection of telecommunications operators
42
For protection of National Rivers Authority
43
For protection of Berkshire County Council
44
For protection of National Carriers Limited
45
Crown rights
Part VI
General
46
Relinquishment, etc., of works
47
Planning permission
48
Repeals
49
Arbitration
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Descriptions of works referred to in section 5 of this Act
SCHEDULE 2
Part I
Land referred to in section 26(2) of this Act
Part II
Means of access referred to in section 28 of this Act
Part III
Temporary working sites
1
In this Part of this Schedule— “the designated lands” means...
2
The Board, in connection with the construction of Works Nos....
3
The Board, in connection with the construction of the relevant...
4
The Board shall not, by reason of the exercise of...
5
On the exercise of the powers conferred by this Part...
SCHEDULE 3
Modification of part I of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965for purchase of new rights
1
In the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (hereafter in this Schedule...
2
For section 8 of the Act (which relates to cases...
3
The following provisions of the Act (which state the effect...
4
Section 11 of the Act (powers of entry) shall be...
5
Section 20 of the Act (compensation for short term tenants)...
6
Section 22 of the Act (protection of acquiring authority’s possession...
SCHEDULE 4
Repeals
Part I
Repeals in consequence of section 24 of this Act
Part II
Repeals in consequence of section 46 of this Act

British Railways (No. 2) Act 1992
1992 Chapter xi
An Act to empower the British Railways Board to construct works and to acquire land; to confer further powers on the Board; and for other purposes.
[18th June 1992]
WHEREAS—
1
By the Transport Act 1962 the British Railways Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) were established:
2
It is the duty of the Board under the said Act of 1962 (inter alia) to provide railway services in Great Britain and, in connection with the provision of railway services, to provide such other services and facilities as appear to the Board to be expedient, and to have due regard, as respects all those railway and other services and facilities, to efficiency, economy and safety of operation:
3
It is expedient that the Board should be empowered to construct the works authorised by this Act and to purchase or use the land referred to in this Act:
4
It is expedient that the other powers in this Act contained should be conferred on the Board, and that the other provisions in this Act contained should be enacted:
5
Plans and sections showing the lines or situations and levels of the works to be constructed under this Act, and plans of the land authorised to be purchased or used by this Act, and a book of reference to such planscontaining the names of the owners and lessees, or reputed owners and lessees, and of the occupiers of the said land were duly deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments and in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons and with the proper officers of the councils of the London boroughs, counties and metropolitan districts within which the said works may be constructed or the said land is situated, which plans, sections and book of reference are respectively referred to in this Act as the deposited plans, the deposited sections and the deposited book of reference:
6
The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1962 c. 46.