{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/locomotives-act-1898-repealed-5111993/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/locomotives-act-1898-repealed-5111993/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/61-62/29",
  "legislation_title": "Locomotives Act 1898 (repealed 5.11.1993)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/locomotives-act-1898-repealed-5111993",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation and saving.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—\nThe expression “county” means an administrative county, . . . ;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThe expression “locomotive” means a locomotive propelled by steam or other than animal power;\n. . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect light locomotives within the meaning of the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), s. 1(1), Sch. Pt. X"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definitions of “council of a county” and “county council” repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), s. 1(1), Sch. Pt. X"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Definitions of “chairman” and “county fund” repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), s. 1(1), Sch. Pt. X"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Definition of “waggon” repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), s. 1(1), Sch. Pt. X"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definition of “agricultural locomotive” repealed by Roads Act 1920 (c. 72), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 17(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), s. 1(1), Sch. Pt. X"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1896 c. 36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/29/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:34.524175+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."
}