{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leeds-supertram-act-1993/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leeds-supertram-act-1993/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1993/15",
  "legislation_title": "Leeds Supertram Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leeds-supertram-act-1993",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Substitution of guided transport mode",
  "text": "(1) (a) If authorised to do so by means of an order made by the Secretary of State under this section on an application made jointly by the Council and the Executive, the Executive may construct and use the authorised railways so that, instead of railways provided in accordance with the relevant enactments, they constitute a transport system using the mode of guided transport prescribed by paragraph (e) or (f) of article 2 of the S.I. 1992/3231.Transport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) Order 1992 (road-based with cable or rail guidance) as may be prescribed in the order made under this section.\n(b) In this subsection “the relevant enactments” means the Railway Regulation Acts 1840 to 1893, the Act of 1845 and section 15 (1) of this Act.\n(2) Except as may be provided in any order under subsection (1) above, the provisions of any enactment relating to railways or tramways shall, so far as they are capable of doing so, apply as if the authorised railways were constructed (or, as the case may be, were to be constructed) under this Act for a system of transport employing parallel rails providing support and guidance for vehicles carried on flanged wheels.\n(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) above, section 16 (Operation and use of tramways) of this Act shall have effect in relation to a guided transport system prescribed in an order made under this section as it has effect in relation to tramways.\n(4) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and may contain such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as the Secretary of State thinks necessary or expedient.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1993/15/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:46:20.020075+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."
}