{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-employment-prevention-of-accidents-act-1900/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-employment-prevention-of-accidents-act-1900/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/63-64/27",
  "legislation_title": "Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Act 1900",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-employment-prevention-of-accidents-act-1900",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act for the better Prevention of Accidents on Railways.\n[30th July 1900]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (E.W.S.) (10.5.1997) by S.I. 1997/553, reg. 12(1), Sch. Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Board of Trade under this Act now exercisable by Minister of Transport: Ministry of Transport Act 1919 (c. 50), s. 2, S.I. 1953/1204 (1953 I, p. 1225), art. 3(1), 1959/1768 (1959 I, p. 1793), art. 3(2), 1970/1681, art. 2(1) and 1979/571 art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Jurisdiction of Railway and Canal Commissioners now exercisable by referee appointed by Minister of Transport: Transport Act 1947. (c. 49), s. 75, Sch. 11 Pt. I and Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), s. 57(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R.&.O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298; 1923, p. 400) art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "This Act not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act amended (2.2.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 117(1)(4)(f)(6), 150(1)(e), (with S.I. 1990/1380, arts. 3,4); S.I. 1994/202, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act: power to repeal or modify conferred (N.I.) (14.10.2002) by 2002 c. 8 (N.I), ss. 1(4)(f), 8(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/63-64/27/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:26:06.462840+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."
}