Article 7 Gauge of railways and motive power

The Company’s railways shall be constructed and operated on a nominal gauge of 1435 millimetres (4 feet 8½ inches) and the motive power shall be diesel or steam or internal combustion or such other motive power as the Secretary of State may approve:

• Providing that nothing in this Order shall authorise the use of electrical power as motive power on the Company’s railways 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:

• Provided further that if electrical power is used on the Company’s railways 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 the Telecommunications Code contained in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984^f1, or with telecommunication by means of any such apparatus.