Article 7 Gauge of railway and motive power

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the light railway shall be constructed and operated on a gauge of 1435 millimetres (4 feet 8 and a half inches) and the motive power for the light railway shall be diesel, steam or internal combustion or such other motive power as the Secretary of State may approve.

Nothing in this Order shall authorise the Councils to use electrical power as motive power on the light railway unless such power is obtained from storage batteries or from a source of generation entirely carried in, and carried along with, the engines and carriages.

If electrical power is used as motive power on the light railway, such electrical power shall not be used in such a manner as to cause, or be likely to cause, any interference with any telecommunications apparatus as defined in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984^f1 or with telecommunications by means of such apparatus.