{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-24.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/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Penalty for obstructing construction of railway.",
  "text": "If any person wilfully obstruct any person acting under the authority of the company in the lawful exercise of their power in setting out the line of the railway, or pull up or remove any poles or stakes driven into the ground for the purpose of so setting out the line of the railway, or deface or destroy any marks made for the same purpose, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale for every such offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 24 incorporated (4.5.1991) by S.I. 1991/1162, art. 3(1)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (29.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/2143, arts. 3(1)(3), 13(7)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (21.9.1995) by S.I. 1995/2501, arts. 3, 9(9)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (20.11.1995) by S.I. 1995/2952, art. 3S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1267, art. 3(1)(2)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (16.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2660, art. 4(1)(3)S. 24 incorporated (2.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2867, art. 3(1)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (10.2.1997) by S.I. 1997/264, art. 3(1)(3)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (29.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1688, arts. 3(1)-(3), 13(7)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (9.10.1997) by S.I. 1997/2534, art. 3(1)(3)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (13.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/3269, art. 3(1)(2)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (30.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/1306, art. 3(1)(2)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (21.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/2129, art. 3(1)-(3)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (20.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/2336, art. 3(1)-(3)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (4.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/2585, art. 3(1)-(3)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (18.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2870, art. 3(1)(3)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (12.2.2002) by S.I. 2002/366, art. 3(1) (with Sch. 2)S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1065, art. 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (28.4.2003) by Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1075), arts. 1, 3(1), 3(3) (with art. 40)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 24 incorporated (12.1.2004) by The Alconbury Airfield (Rail Facilities and Connection to East Coast Main Line) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3364), arts. 1, 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (4.3.2004) by The Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/389), arts. 1, 3(1)-(3) (with art. 38)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (4.5.2005) by The Telford Railfreight Terminal (Donnington) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1163), arts. 1, art. 3(1)-(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 24 incorporated (with modifications) (13.12.2006) by The Network Rail (Thameslink 2000) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3117), arts. 1, art. 3(1)-(3) (with arts. 34, 35(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 24 incorporated (16.5.2008) by London Gateway Port Harbour Empowerment Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1261), arts. 1, 7(1) (with arts. 41(1), 45, 54(2), 55, 56, 57, 58(6))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 24 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": "C9",
      "text": "S. 24 incorporated (E.W.) (13.3.2019) by The Port of Tilbury (Expansion) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/359), arts. 1, 5(1)(2) (with arts. 55, 56)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 24 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/24",
    "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."
}