{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/light-railways-act-1896/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/light-railways-act-1896/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/59-60/48",
  "legislation_title": "Light Railways Act 1896",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/light-railways-act-1896",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Duty of Light Railway Commission.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) It shall be the duty of the Light Railway Commissioners to carry this Act into effect, and to offer, so far as they are able, every facility for considering and maturing proposals to construct light railways.\n3)—(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(1)(3)—(7) repealed by Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), Sch. 9 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1(8) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/59-60/48/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:54.888339+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."
}