Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Commission” means the Commission for the New Towns (to which the property of the Corporation was transferred by the Peterborough Development Corporation (Transfer of Property and Dissolution) Order 1988^f1;

• “the Company” means the Nene Valley Railway Limited incorporated under the Companies Acts 1948 to 1967 and having its registered office at Wansford Station, Peterborough;

• “the Corporation” means the Peterborough Development Corporation;

• “the existing Orders” means the 1977 Order and the 1986 Order;

• “the leases” means any leases within the definition of article 2 of the 1977 Order or article 2 of the 1986 Order;

• “the 1977 Order” means the Nene Valley Light Railway Order 1977^f2;

• “the 1986 Order” means the Nene Valley Light Railway Order 1986^f3;

• “the railways” means—

  1. (a)

     the railway as defined in the 1977 Order; and

  2. (b)

     the railway as defined in the 1986 Order;

• “the transfer date” means the date upon which the railways are transferred from the Commission to the Company pursuant to article 3 (Sale of railways to Company) of this Order.

The existing Orders and this Order may be cited together as the Nene Valley Light Railway Orders 1977 to 1993.