# The Bure Valley Railway Light Railway Order 1989, 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 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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/835/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bure-valley-railway-light-railway-order-1989/article-2
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