# Tramways Act 1870, Section 3: Interpretation of terms.

Extent: E+W

For the purposes of this Act the terms herein-after mentioned shall have the meanings herein-after assigned to them: that is to say,
The terms “local authority” and “local rate” shall mean respectively the bodies of persons and rate named in the table in Part One of the schedule (A.) to this Act annexed:
The term “road” shall mean any carriageway being a public highway, and the carriageway of any bridge forming part of or leading to the same:
The term “road authority” shall mean, in the districts specified in the table in Part Two of the schedule (A.) to this Act annexed, the bodies of persons named in the same table, and elsewhere any local authority, board, town council, body corporate, commissioners, trustees, vestry, or other body of persons in whom a road as defined by this Act is vested, or who have the power to maintain or repair such road.
The term “district” in relation to a local authority or road authority, shall mean the area within the jurisdiction of such local authority or road authority:
The term “prescribed” shall mean prescribed by any rules made in pursuance of this Act:
The term “the Lands Clauses Acts” means, so far as the Provisional Order in which that term is used relates to England, the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845; and so far as the same relates to Scotland, the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845; together with, in each case, the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act 1860:
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/33-34/78/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tramways-act-1870/section-3
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