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Section 19 Railway engines.

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Section one of this Act shall apply in relation to railway locomotive engines as it applies in relation to buildings, but as if for the references to the occupier of the building there were substituted references to the owner of the engine.

(2)

The owner of any railway locomotive engine shall use any practicable means there may be for minimising the emission of smoke from the chimney on the engine and if he fails so to do, he shall, if smoke is emitted therefrom, be guilty of an offence.

C1(3)

Save as provided in this section, nothing in this Act applies to smoke, grit or dust from any railway locomotive engine.

Annotations

Modifications

C1

Power to apply s. 19(3) with modifications conferred by Clean Air Act 1968 (c. 62), s. 7(1)(a); amended by ibid., Sch. 1 para. 1

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 11, ss. 67(3), 68(2), Sch.6.