Railways (Ireland) Act, 1896

Order in Council confirming agreement.

52 & 53 Vict. c. 66.

2. Where such agreement as aforesaid has been made by the Treasury with a railway company section five of the Light Railways (Ireland) Act, 1889, shall apply with the following modifications:—

(a) The Order in Council mentioned in the said section five may authorise the construction or reconstruction and maintenance as part of the railway of any pier, quay, or jetty, and may empower the railway company or the Board of Works to enter into all contracts and agreements necessary for carrying the Order into effect:

(b) The Order shall set forth the tolls and charges for passengers, animals and things conveyed on the railway:

(c) When the Treasury have agreed to make an advance as a free grant, the Order may make provision as regards any district that during a period not exceeding ten years, to be fixed by the Order, so much of the railway as is in that district shall not be assessed to any local rate at a higher value than that at which the land occupied by the railway would have been assessed if it had remained in the condition in which it was immediately before it was acquired for the purposes of the railway. The Order may authorise the Lord Lieutenant to extend any such period:

(d) The Order may upon the application of the Treasury be altered or added to by an amending Order made in like manner and subject to the like provisions as the original Order.