# Light Railways Act 1896, Section 12: Application of general Railway Acts.


(1) The Clauses Act, as defined by this Act, and the enactments mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, shall not apply to a light railway authorised under this Act except so far as they are incorporated or applied by the order authorising the railway.
(2) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Act and to any special provisions contained in the order authorising the railway, the general enactments relating to railways shall apply to a light railway under this Act in like manner as they apply to any other railway; and for the purposes of those enactments, and of the Clauses Acts so far as they are incorporated or applied by the order authorising the railway, the light railway company shall be deemed a railway company, and the order under this Act a special Act, and any provision thereof a special enactment.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/59-60/48/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/light-railways-act-1896/section-12
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