REGULATION OF RAILWAYS ACT 1889

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REGULATION OF RAILWAYS ACT 1889 - SECT 1



1.(1) The Board of Trade may from time to time order a railway company to do,
within a time limited by the order, and subject to any exceptions or
modifications allowed by the order, any of the following things:

(a)To adopt the block system on all or any of their railways open for the
public conveyance of passengers;

(b)To provide for the interlocking of points and signals on or in connexion
with all or any of such railways;

(c)To provide for and use on all their trains carrying passengers continuous
brakes complying with the following requirements, namely:

(i)The brake must be instantaneous in action, and capable of being applied by
the engine-driver and guards;

(ii)The brake must be self-applying in the event of any failure in the
continuity of its action;

<(iii)The brake must be capable of being applied to every vehicle of the train, whether carrying passengers or not;


<(iv)The brake must be in regular use in daily working;


(v)The materials of the brake must be of a durable character, and easily
maintained and kept in order.

In making any order under this section the Board of Trade shall have regard to
the nature and extent of the traffic on the railway, and shall, before making
any such order, hear any company or person whom the Board of Trade may
consider entitled to be heard.

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REGULATION OF RAILWAYS ACT 1889 - SECT 1