Railway Regulation Act, 1851

Recited Act repealed, and powers, &c. of Commissioners of Railways under subsequent Acts transferred to Board of Trade.

1. [Repeal of recited Act.] All powers, rights, authorities, and duties vested in or exercised or performed by the Commissioners of Railways under any Act passed since the passing of the said recited Act, or which may be passed during the present session of Parliament, shall be transferred to and vested in and performed by the Lords of the Committee of her Majesty’s Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, as if they had been named in such Acts instead of the said commissioners; . . .