Article 8 As to former railway

Nothing in the original authorising enactments cited in paragraph (2) shall apply to the construction, maintenance or operation of the light railway but the Councils shall, to the exclusion of the Board and Railtrack (according to their respective interests), be entitled to the benefit of, and to exercise, all rights, powers and privileges and be subject to all obligations of the Board or Railtrack, as the case may be, contained therein so far as the same remain for the time being in force and appertain to the lands comprised within the limits of deviation for the authorised works or which otherwise relate thereto.

The original authorising enactments referred to in paragraph (1) are—

• the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act 1836^f1,

• the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act 1837^f2,

• the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act 1839^f3,

• the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act 1844^f4,

• the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act No. 1 1845^f5,

• the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act No. 2 1845^f6,

• the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act No. 3 1847^f7,

• the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (New Works and Additional Powers) Act 1874^f8,

• the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act 1891^f9, and

• the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act 1897^f10.