Section 3 Incorporation of general enactments

(1)

The following enactments, so far as the same are applicable for the purposes of and are not inconsistent with or varied by the provisions of this Act, are incorporated with and form part of this Act, and this Act shall be deemed to be the special Act for the purposes of the said incorporated enactments:—

(a)

the Lands Clauses Acts, except sections 127 to 132 of the 1845 c. 18.Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845;

(b)

the Act of 1845, except sections 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 94 and 95 thereof; and

(c)

in the Act of 1863, Part I (relating to construction of a railway) except sections 13, 14, 18 and 19 thereof.

(2)

For the purposes of the provisions of the Act of 1845 and the Act of 1863, as incorporated with this Act, the expression“the company” where used in the said incorporated provisions means the appropriate authority.

(3)

Sections 18 and 21 of the Act of 1845, as incorporated with this Act, shall not extend to regulate the relations between the appropriate authority and any other person in respect of any matter or thing concerning which those relations are regulated in any respect by the provisions of—

(a)

Part II of the 1950 c. 39.Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 or Part III of the 1991 c. 22.New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; or

(b)

section 42 (For protection of gas, water and electricity undertakers) of the Act of 1963, as incorporated with this Act.