Section 119 Penalty for using improper carriages.C1
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
If any carriage, not being of such construction or in such condition as the regulations of the company for the time being require, be made to pass or be upon any part of the railway (except as aforesaid,) the owner thereof, or any person having for the time being the charge of such carriage, shall forfeit . . . F1 a sum not exceeding F2level 1 on the standard scale for every such offence, and it shall be lawful for the company to remove any such carriage from the railway.
F3Nothing in this section shall apply to the bringing or use of any rolling stock on track comprised in a network, the person having the management of which for the time being is the holder of a network licence; and in this section “rolling stock”, “track”, “network” and “holder of a network licence” shall be construed in accordance with Part I of the Railways Act 1993.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7 Pt. III
- F2
For “£25” there is substituted (E.W.) “level 1 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
- F3
Words in s. 119 inserted (1.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/857, art. 2, Sch. para. 1
Modifications
- C1
Ss. 115-119 incorporated (with modifications) (29.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/2143, arts. 3(1)(3), 13(7)
Ss. 115-119 incorporated (with modifications) (29.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1688, arts. 3(1)(2), 13(7)
Ss. 115-119 incorporated (with modifications) (4.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/2585, art. 3(1)(2)
Ss. 115-119 incorporated (with modifications) (12.2.2002) by S.I. 2002/366, art. 3(1) (with Sch. 2)