Transport Act, 1966
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Abandonment of railway lines of Company. |
3.—(1) Section 21 of the Act of 1950, which provides for the abandonment of railway lines, shall apply to a railway line of the Company over which all train services have been terminated by the Board. | |
(2) The said section 21 shall, in its application to a railway line of the Company over which all train services have been terminated by the Board, be construed and have effect as if— | ||
(a) the following paragraph were substituted for paragraph (a) of subsection (2), that is to say: | ||
“(a) Where the Board has terminated all train services run over a specified railway line of the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company, that Company may, subject to this subsection, by order (in this section referred to as an abandonment order) declare its intention of abandoning that railway line”, and | ||
(b) the references in subsections (2) (b) to (d), (3), (4), (5) and (7) to the Board were references to the Company. | ||
(3) Where, by virtue of the said section 21, as amended by this section, or section 7 of the Transport Act, 1955 , a liability of the Company in relation to the maintenance of any works ceases, any corresponding liability of the Board shall also cease. | ||
(4) The Company shall be deemed to be a railway company for the purposes of any enactment relating to railways. |