{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/20",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Company to make good all damage.",
  "text": "The company shall make good all damage done to the property of the water or gas company or society by the disturbance thereof, and shall make full compensation to all parties for any loss or damage which they may sustain by reason of any interference with the mains, pipes, or works of such water or gas company or society, or with the private service pipes of any person supplied by them with water.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 21 restricted by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), s. 3 (2) (c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 21 incorporated (31.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1965, art. 5(1)S. 21 incorporated (28.9.1991) by S.I. 1991/2210, art. 3(1)S. 21 incorporated (29.6.1993) by S.I. 1993/1651, art. 3(1)S. 21 incorporated (2.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2153, art. 3(1)S. 21 incorporated in part (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2154, art. 3(1)S. 21 incorporated (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1267, art. 3(1)(2)Ss. 18-23 incorporated (with modifications) (9.10.1997) by S.I. 1997/2534, art. 3(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 21 incorporated (with modifications) (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), s. 70(1), Sch. 29 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 21 incorporated (with modifications) (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 28 para. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/20/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:18.834843+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."
}