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RAILWAYS (ROAD VEHICLES) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1927

RAILWAYS (ROAD VEHICLES) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1927 - LONG TITLE

An Act to empower railway companies to provide and run road
vehicles.
[31st May 1927]

RAILWAYS (ROAD VEHICLES) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1927 - SECT 1
Provision and running of road vehicles by railway companies.

1.(1) It shall be lawful for any railway company whose railway
system is situate wholly or partly in Northern Ireland, to provide,
own and maintain omnibuses, coaches and other vehicles moved,
propelled or drawn by mechanical or animal power (in this Act
referred to as "road vehicles") and to use and run road vehicles
upon public highways for the conveyance of passengers and passengers'
luggage and the carriage of merchandise; and for the purposes of
this Act any such railway company shall have the following powers:

(a)To demand and take fares and charges in connection with such
conveyance and carriage as aforesaid;

(b)To provide and equip garages, workshops, offices and other
buildings in connection with the exercise of the powers conferred
upon such railway company by this Act;

(c)To apply their funds in connection with the exercise of any of
their aforesaid powers; and

(d)From time to time to raise such moneys as may be necessary for
the purpose of providing road vehicles, garages, workshops, offices,
machinery, plant and equipment in connection with the exercise of
their aforesaid powers, as if that purpose were a purpose for which
such railway company may, by virtue of their powers as existing
immediately before the passing of this Act, raise money by borrowing
or by the creation and issue of new stock as additional capital,
and subject to any limitations applicable to the exercise of their
last-mentioned powers.

(2) The provisions of the [Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order
1981], or of any other enactment (including regulations or bye-laws
made under any such provisions) which apply to the use of vehicles
of any class or description on public highways, and to the
licensing and regulation of such vehicles and the drivers and
conductors thereof, shall apply and have effect in connection with
the use by any such railway company of road vehicles of that class
or description on public highways, and for the purpose of the
licensing and regulation of the drivers and conductors thereof.

(3) Save as provided by the foregoing provisions of this section,
the powers conferred upon any such railway company by this Act may
be exercised, notwithstanding the provisions of any enactment for the
regulation of railway undertakings, or for restricting the operation
of any particular railway undertaking or the powers of any such
railway company.

(4) For the purposes of this Act

The expression "railway company" includes a committee of a railway
company and any person or body being the owner or lessee of or
working any railway constructed or carried on under the powers of
any enactment:

The expression "merchandise" includes goods, minerals, live stock and
animals of all descriptions:

The expression "enactment" includes a local Act and an Order
confirmed by, or having the effect of, an Act.

RAILWAYS (ROAD VEHICLES) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1927 - SECT 2
Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as the Railways (Road Vehicles) Act
(Northern Ireland), 1927.