http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/2-3/45Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth relating to Highways.1979-10-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-18Expert Participation2023-08-02 1839 c.45An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth relating to Highways.[17th August 1839]1Wherever a railroad crosses or shall hereafter cross any turnpike road or any highway or statute labour road for carts or carriages in Great Britainthe carriageway of a public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984), the proprietors or directors of the company of proprietors of the said railroad shall make and maintain good and sufficient gates across each end of such turnpike or other road as aforesaidcarriageway at each of the said crossings, and shall employ good and proper persons to open and shut such gates, so that the persons, carts, or carriages passing along such turnpike or highwaycarriageway shall not be exposed to any danger or damage by the passing of any carriages or engines along the said railroad; . . .23Short Title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)Preamble (which recites Highways Act 1835 (c. 50), ss. 71, 113) omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)Act excluded by Light Railways Act 1896 (c. 48), s. 12, Sch. 2Act excluded (29.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/1113, art. 3(3)Act excluded (21.5.1992) by S.I. 1992/1267, art. 4(2)Act excluded (22.6.1993) by S.I. 1993/1607, art. 3(3) (with arts. 8, 12(2), 13, 14)Act excluded (29.6.1993) by S.I. 1993/1651, art. 3(2) (with arts. 6, 8, 9, 10(2))Act excluded (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 3(3)Act excluded (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2154, art. 3(2) (with arts. 5, 7, 9(6), 10)Act wholly in force at 30.9.1839 by s. 3 (now repealed)Act amended (2.2.1994) by virtue of 1993 c. 43, ss. 117(1)(6), 150(1)(e) (with S.I. 1990/1380, arts. 3, 4); S.I. 1994/202, art. 2Act: power to repeal or modify conferred by 1974 c. 37, s. 15 (as amended (2.2.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 117(1)(6), 150(1)(e); S.I. 1994/202, art. 2) and (2.2.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 117(4)(6), 150(1)(e); S.I. 1994/202, art. 2Act excluded (24.3.1994) by 1994 c. ii, s. 1, Sch. Pt. II para. 5(3)(b)Act excluded (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, Pt. II, s. 15(3) (with s. 28)Act excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xi, s. 3(3)Act excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 3(4)Act excluded (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 20, Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 3Act excluded (27.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/3188, art. 2(2)Act excluded (11.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2714, art. 3(6)Act excluded (21.5.1997) by S.I. 1997/1266, art. 3(6)Act excluded (27.8.1998) by S.I. 1998/1936, art. 3(6)Act excluded (30.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/1306, art. 3(4)Act excluded (21.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/2129, art. 3(5)Act excluded (21.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/2382, art. 4(1)Act excluded (24.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/3627, art. 3(2)(3)Words commencing “the carriageway...” substituted (S.) for words commencing “any turnpike road...” by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 1(a)Word “carriageway” substituted (S.) for words commencing “turnpike or other road...” by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 1(b)Word “carriageway” substituted (S.) for “turnpike or highway” by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 1(b)Words in s. 1 repealed (10.5.1997) by S.I. 1997/553, reg. 12(1), Sch. Pt. IS. 2 repealed (10.5.1997) by S.I. 1997/553, reg. 12(1), Sch. Pt. IS. 3 repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1874 (c. 96)Act disapplied (S.) (11.8.2004) by Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2004 (asp 10), Sch. 3 Pt. 3 (with s. 33)Act excluded (3.7.2006) by Port of Blyth (Battleship Wharf Railway) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1518), art. 3(4)(a)Act excluded (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 11 para. 1Act excluded (18.5.2009) by Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Media City Extension) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1100), art. 3(2)Act excluded (9.6.2009) by Nottingham Express Transit System Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1300), art. 3(2) (with Sch. 13 para. 14(2), 14 para. 19, 16)S. 1 excluded (20.5.2013) by The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1030), arts. 1, 6(3)(a) (with art. 6(4))Act excluded (6.11.2013) by The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Second City Crossing) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2587), art. 3(2) (with arts. 42, 43)Act excluded (9.1.2014) by The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3244), art. 3(2) (with arts. 57, 58, Sch. 11 para. 19)Act excluded (16.12.2015) by The Network Rail (Tinsley Chord) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1876), arts. 1, 3(3)Act excluded (24.11.2016) by The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Trafford Park Extension) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1035), art. 3(2) (with arts. 43, 44)Act excluded (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), Sch. 29 para. 1Act excluded (4.1.2018) by The Blackpool Tramway (Blackpool North Extension) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1214), art. 3(2) (with arts. 3(3), 58, 59)Act excluded (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), Sch. 28 para. 1Act excluded (2.8.2023) by The Rother Valley Railway (Bodiam to Robertsbridge Junction) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/815), arts. 1, 15(6)(a) (with art. 42)