Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act, 2001

Continuation of orders made under Act of 1963 and Act of 1996.

4.—(1) Any order made under the Act of 1963 or the Act of 1996 which is in force immediately before the repeal of those Acts shall continue in force as if made under this Act and subsections (6) to (11) of section 43 shall apply to such orders and references in those orders made under the Act of 1996 to the Board shall be construed as references to the Agency.

(2) For the avoidance of any doubt, any orders made under the Act of 1996 include the power to operate the railway in question.

(3) Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 2 to 11 of the Act of 1963, where an application for a railway works order has been made and not determined immediately before the repeal of those sections, then those sections continue to apply to the application until its determination.