{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-kent-light-railway-order-1993/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-kent-light-railway-order-1993/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2154",
  "legislation_title": "The East Kent Light Railway Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-kent-light-railway-order-1993",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Gauge of the Railway and motive power",
  "text": "The Railway shall be operated on a gauge of 1.435 metres (4 feet 8½ inches) and the motive power shall be steam, diesel-electric, diesel, internal combustion, electric-battery or such other motive power as the Secretary of State may approve:\nProvided that nothing in this Order shall authorise the use of electrical power as motive power on the railway unless such power is obtained from storage batteries or from a source of generation entirely contained in and carried along with the engines and carriages:\nProvided also that, if electrical power is used as motive power on the railway, such electrical power shall not be used in such a manner as to cause or be likely to cause any interference with any telecommunication apparatus as defined in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 or with telecommunication by means of any such apparatus.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2154/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:51:26.687156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}