Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them–

• “the Board” means the British Railways Board;

• “the Board’s railway” means the railway or former railway of the Board described in Schedule 1 to this Order together with all lands and works relating thereto;

• “the Company” means the Bure Valley Railway Limited incorporated under the Companies Act 1985^f1 and having its registered office at Boundary Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0JY;

• “the Council” means the Broadland District Council;

• “the deposited plans” and “the deposited sections” mean respectively the plans and sections deposited in respect of the application for this Order with the Secretary of State for Transport;

• “the lease” means any lease granted under paragraph (1) of article 7 (Leasing of railway to Company) of this Order, any extension of the same or any new lease granted under any statutory powers or provisions;

• “the operators” means the Council or, during the currency of the term created by the lease, the Company;

• “the principal Act” means the Light Railways Acts 1896 and 1912, as amended by the Railways Act 1921;

• “the railway” means the railway authorised to be constructed, made and maintained by the operators pursuant to article 5 of this Order together with all lands and works relating thereto and, where any part of the said railway and works remains uncompleted, includes the site of that part;

• “telecommunications apparatus” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984^f2;

• “the transfer date” means the day on which the Board’s railway or any part thereof is vested in the Council by virtue of an agreement made under article 4 (Transfer of Board’s railway to Council) of this Order.