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Inspection and notices of accidents.
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13.—(1) The powers of the Board of Trade for the inspection of railways shall include power to inspect any railway for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is any ground for proceeding under this Act, or whether there has been any contravention of or default in compliance with any rule made under this Act.
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(2) The duty of a railway company to give notice of accidents shall apply to accidents attended with loss of life or personal injury to any person in the employment of the company on any line, or siding having a junction with the railway of the railway company, but not belonging to or in the occupation of any railway company, in like manner as it applies to such accidents when occurring on the railway of the company, and the provisions relating to the notice of such accidents shall have effect accordingly.
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[Sub-s. (3) rep. 6. Edw. 7. c. 53, s. 7 (1). As to railway sidings used in connection with factories or workshops, see now 1 Edw. 7. c. 22, s. 106; and as to those used in connection with mines or quarries, 6 Edw. 7. c. 53, s. 3.]
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