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TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) ACT 1900

TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860 to 1896.
[8th August 1900]
Extent of Act.

TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 1

1. This Act shall extend only to Ireland.

TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 2
Amendment of Acts.

2. The Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860 to 1896, as interpreted by the
Railways (Ireland) Act, 1896, are hereby amended as follows:

(1)Section nineteen of the Tramways (Ireland) Act, 1860, shall be
read and construed as if the words "The Lands Clauses Acts" were
inserted therein in lieu of the words "The Lands Clauses
Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Railways Act (Ireland), 1851."

(2)Any Order in Council under the Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860 to
1896, may provide that section forty-two of the Tramways (Ireland)
Act, 1860, shall not apply to the tramway authorised by the Order.

(3)Where any light railway or tramway constructed under the Tramways
(Ireland) Acts, 1860 to 1896, has not been aided out of moneys
provided by Parliament, no guarantee of a county district granted
after the passing of this Act under those Acts as amended by this
Act shall be deemed to impose any liability on any county district
in respect of the default on the part of the promoters of such
light railway or tramway in completing, working, and maintaining the
undertaking, and any such guarantee of a county district shall be
deemed to guarantee only the payment of dividends not exceeding four
per centum upon so much of the share capital of the undertaking as
is for the time being paid up capital as defined by the said
Acts, provided that such guarantee shall operate only during the
period authorised for the construction of the light railway or
tramway or any extension or extensions of such period, and
thereafter only during such period or periods (whether consecutive or
not) as the light railway or tramway is open for traffic and is
working.

TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 3
Exemption from application of 1860 c.152 s.43.

3. Any Order in Council under the Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860 to
1896, may provide that so much of section forty-three of the
Tramways (Ireland) Act, 1860, as prohibits a house wholly built of
stone or brick with lime, or any of the out-buildings or offices
thereof, or any part of any yard, haggard, or orchard, from being
taken for the purpose of the undertaking without the consent in
writing of the owner respectively, shall not apply to the tramway
authorised by the Order.

TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 4
Short title.

4. This Act may be cited as the Tramways (Ireland) Act, 1900, and
this Act and the Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860 to 1896, may be
cited collectively as the Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860 to 1900.

TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) ACT 1900 - SECT 5
Interpretation and construction.

5. All words and expressions in this Act which are not thereby
defined or explained, and are defined or explained in any of the
Tramways (Ireland) Acts, 1860 to 1896, have, unless there is
something inconsistent in the context, the same meaning as in the
said Acts, and the said Acts as varied by this Act shall so far
as is consistent with the tenor thereof be read and construed as
one Act.