The Bure Valley Railway Light Railway Order 1989

Interpretation

2.  In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them–

“the Board” means the British Railways Board;

“the Board’s railway” means the railway or former railway of the Board described in Schedule 1 to this Order together with all lands and works relating thereto;

“the Company” means the Bure Valley Railway Limited incorporated under the Companies Act 1985(1) and having its registered office at Boundary Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0JY;

“the Council” means the Broadland District Council;

“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;

“the lease” means any lease granted under paragraph (1) of article 7 (Leasing of railway to Company) of this Order, any extension of the same or any new lease granted under any statutory powers or provisions;

“the operators” means the Council or, during the currency of the term created by the lease, the Company;

“the principal Act” means the Light Railways Acts 1896 and 1912, as amended by the Railways Act 1921;

“the railway” means the railway authorised to be constructed, made and maintained by the operators pursuant to article 5 of this Order together with all lands and works relating thereto and, where any part of the said railway and works remains uncompleted, includes the site of that part;

“telecommunications apparatus” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984(2);

“the transfer date” means the day on which the Board’s railway or any part thereof is vested in the Council by virtue of an agreement made under article 4 (Transfer of Board’s railway to Council) of this Order.

(1)

1985 c. 6.

(2)

1984 c. 12.