# The Leicester North Station Light Railway Order 1991, Article 7: Gauge of Borough Council’s Railways and Motive Power


The Borough Council’s Railway shall be constructed and operated on a gauge of a nominal 1435 millimetres (4 feet 8½ inches) and the motive power shall be diesel or steam or electricity or internal combustion or such other motive power as the Secretary of State may approve:
Provided that nothing in this Order shall authorise the Borough Council to use electrical power as motive power on the Borough Council’s 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:
Provided further that if electrical power is used as motive power on the Borough Council’s 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1965/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/leicester-north-station-light-railway-order-1991/article-7
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