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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-employment-prevention-of-accidents-act-1900/section-16",
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  "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": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Definition of “railway” and “railway company.”",
  "text": "In this Act—\nThe expression “railway” means any railway used for the purposes of public traffic whether passenger, goods, or other traffic, and includes any works of the railway company connected with the railway; and\nThe expression “railway company” includes a company or person working a railway under lease or otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/63-64/27/section/16",
    "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."
}