# Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Act 1900, Section 8: Power to make an order or give a direction in place of a rule.


Where, in the opinion of the Board of Trade, the requirements of the case would be better met by a specific order or direction than by a general rule, the Board of Trade may make such an order or direction in the same manner as they may make a rule under this Act, and subject to the same provisions, and the provisions of this and any other Act shall apply as if the order or direction were a rule under this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/63-64/27/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railway-employment-prevention-of-accidents-act-1900/section-8
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