{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-railways-act-1868/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/31-32/119",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Railways Act 1868",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-railways-act-1868",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation of terms.",
  "text": "In this Act—\nThe term “railway” means the whole or any portion of a railway or tramway, whether worked by steam or otherwise:\nThe term “company” means a company incorporated, either before or after the passing of this Act, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or working a railway in the United Kingdom (either alone or any person having the management of a railway or a train for the time being, and includes, except when otherwise expressed, any individual or individuals not incorporated who are owners or lessees of a railway in the United Kingdom, or parties to an agreement for working a railway in the United Kingdom:\nThe term “person” includes a body corporate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2 substituted (1.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/875, art. 2, Sch. para. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/31-32/119/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:57:12.929767+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."
}