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Article 2 Interpretation

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In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the Board” means the British Railways Board;

  • “the Board’s railway” means so much of the railway of the Board (including the site of the railway) in the County of Norfolk described in and authorised by the Norwich and Brandon Railway Act 1845f1 or the Norfolk Railway Extensions, Dereham, Wells and Blakeney Branch Act 1846f2, and works relating thereto, as lies between a point immediately west of the junction of the said railway and the main Thetford to Norwich railway at Wymondham, in the District of South Norfolk at reference point TG 1130 0090 and a point immediately south of Norwich Road at East Dereham in the District of Breckland at reference point TF 9935 1320 and includes all lands held by the Board relating to the said railway or to any stations or other works connected therewith, and lying between those points;

  • “protective equipment” includes gates, barriers, lights, traffic signs (within the meaning of section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984f3), manual, mechanical, automatic, electronic or telephonic equipment or other devices;

  • “reference point” means Ordnance Survey National Grid reference point;

  • “the transfer date” means the date on which the Board’s railway or any part thereof is vested in the Trust by virtue of an agreement made between the Board and the Trust; and

  • “the Trust” means the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust (Registered Charity No. 1046931) incorporated under the Companies Act 1985f4 as a company limited by guarantee and whose registered office is at Railway Station, Station Road, Yaxham, East Dereham, Norfolk NR19 1RD.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1845 c.cliv.

f2

1846 c.clxix.

f3

1984 c. 27.

f4

1985 c. 6.