Great Western Railway (Further Powers) Act 1866
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1866 c. cccvii |
| Year | 1866 |
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TRICESIMO
Cap.
cccvii.
An
Act
for conferring further Powers
on
the
Great
Bf7e~temz
Railway Company
in
relation to their
OWP~
Undertakiaig
aid
the
Undertakings
of
other
Companies
;
and
for
other
Purposes.
[30th
July
1866.1
NEREAS
it is expedient that the
Great
Western
Railway
Company should be empowered to construct the Railways
and other Works
in
this
Act mentioned, and
to
acquire
additional
Lands
for P’iirposes connected with their Undertaking
:
.hd
whereas
it
is
expedient that the Company and the
Stratford-
upon-Avon
ltai
lway
Company shordd
be
empowered to acquire certain
Lands
in the
l’nrish
of
Old
Sfraford
in
the County
of
Warwick,
and
to
enter
into Agrceuients with reference to the Construction upon
siicli
Lands
of‘
a Joint Station, and the Adaptation, Maintenance,
Mnnngcment, and Use thereof, and otherwise in relation thereto
:
And
whereas
Plans and Sections showing the Lines and Levels
of
the
I~~w’~Ys
and other
Works
by
this ,4ct authorized, and the Lands
autiiorLed to be acquired and appropriated under the Powers thereof,
with
Books
of
Itcference to such Plans, have been deposited with the
Clerks
of
the Peace for the several Counties within which those
respective Railways and
Works
will
be
constructed, and those Lands
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The
Greal
Westem
Railway
(Further
Pozoers)
~
Act,
1866.
26
&
2T Vict.
are situate :-And whereas by
‘(
The
Penarth
Harbour, Dock, and Rail-
c.
lxxv.
way Leasing Act,
1863,”
the
Penarth
Company are required to afford
certain Facilities for Traffic passing to or from the
South
Wales
Rail-
way of the Company, and
it
is
expedient that such Facilities should
be extended to Trafic passing
to
and from certain
of
the Railways by
this Act authorized: And whereas it is expedient
that
the Period
22
&
23
Vict.
limited by
“
The
Oxford, Worcester, arid Wolaerhampton
Railway
Act,
1859,’’
for the Purchase
of
Lands for the Construction of an
c.
Ixxri.
Embankment or Embankments in lieu of Viaducts
in
the Parish
of
lYings~inford
in the Hamlet
of
Aiiillecote
in the Parish
of
Hagley,
and
in
the Foreicm of
Kiddernzinster,
should be extended: And
25
&
26VicL
whereas it is expedient that the Period limited by
‘(
The
West Midland
c. clxviii.
Railway (Additional Works) Act,
1862,”
for the Construction
of
the
Railways first, secondly, and thirdly described in and authorized by
that Act should be extended: And whereas it
is
expedient that
further Provision should be made
for
the Sale
of
certaiii superfluous
Lands held by the Company
:
And whereas it
is
also expedient that
further Provision should be made for the Sale of certain superfluous
Lands held by the Cotnpany and the
North-western
Company in con-
nexion with the
Birkenhead
Railway and with the Joint Stations at
Chester
and
Shrewsbury
respectively
:
And whereas it
is
expedient
that further Provision should be made and additional Powers con-
ferred on the Company with reference to the Gauge of Portions
of
their Undertaking
:
And whereas it is expedient that the
Wellington
and
Drayton
Railway Company, the
Naiitwich and Market Drayton
Railway Company, the
Stourbridge
Railway Company, the
Henky-in-
Arden
Railway Company, the
Berks and Hants Extension
Railway
Company, and the
Straford-upon-
Avon
Railway ConiFany, or any
or either
of
such Compauics, should be empowered to transfer their
Undertakings respectively to the Company, and that the Company
should be empowered to accept such Transfer: And whereas it is
expedient that the
Tenbury
Railway Company should be empowered
to
grant a Lease
of‘
or
to
transfer their Undertaking
to
the Company
and the
North-western
Company jointly, and that those Companies
should be empowered jointly
to
accept any such Lease or Transfer,
and that the
Tenbury
Railway Company and the Company and the
North-western
Company should be empowered to enter into and carry
into effect Agreements as in this Act provided: And whereas the
Company and the
London
and
South-western
Railway Company are
Lessees
of
and work the Railways of the
Weymouth
Company, and in
respect thereof pay an annual Rent to the
Weymouth
Company, and
it
is
expedient that the Company and the
South-western
Company on
the one hand, and the Weymouth Coapany on the other, should be
empowered
to
make Agreements with reference to the Rent or other
Consideration
now
payable
by
the Company and the
South-western
Company, or either of them, to the
FVeymouth
Company, and for the
Substitution
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The
Great
Western
Railway
(Ftwther
Powers)
Act,
1866.
Substitution in lieu of the Rent or other Consideration of Shares or
Stock in the respective Undertakings of the Company and the
South-
western
Con~pany, and otherwise in relation thereto, and that the
Company and the
South-western
Company should be empowered to
issue Shares or Stock in pursuance of any such Agreement: And
whereas it is expedient that further Provision be made with respect
to
the
Joint Stations at
CIiesfer
and
Hereford
respectively belonging
to the Company and the
NortJz-western
Company
jointly,
and with
respect to the Joint Station
at
Shreuvdury
belonging to the Company,
the
Shreuxbury wnd Hereford
Railway Company, and the
Shropshire
Union
Railways and Canal Company, and that the said Companies
respectively should be empowered to make Agreements with respect to
the several Matters
in
this Act mentioned in connexion
with
such
Joiilt Stations respectively
:
And whereas it is expedient that the
Company
on
the one hand, and the
SoutJL-western
Company on the
other hand, should be empowered to make Agreements with reference
to the Management, Use, working, running over, and Maintenance of
Portions
of
the Railways belongiiig to them respectively, and with re-
spect to the Interchange and Transmission of Traffic upon and over and
between their Railways respectively, and otherwise
in
relation thereto
:
And whereas it is expedient that the Company should be empowered
to make Agreements with the Owners of Steam and other Vessels
trading or intending to trade from or near any Port or Place where
there is from Time to Time
a
Station of the Company, or where they
carry on Traffic, with respect to the Conveyance, forwarding, and
Delivery
of
Traffic passing or intended
to
pass
over the Railways
of
the Company, and conveyed or intended to be conveyed by the Steam
or other Vessels of those Owners, and otherwise in relation thereto
:
And whereas it
is
expedient that the Agreement between the
Corn-
pany and the Committee of Commoners
of
Malvern
with reference to
the Compensation for commonable Rights over certain Lands in the
Parish
of
Great Malvern
(a Copy
of
which is contained in Schedule
(€3.)
to this Act) should be confirmed
:
And whereas it is also ex-
pedient that Provision should be made for the stopping up and
Discontinuance of
a
Portion of the
old
Turnpike
Road
leading from
Worcester
to
Newtown,
and that the Company and the Trustees of the
Worcester
Turnpike Roads should be ernpowered
to
enter into Agree-
ments as by this Act provided: And whereas it is expedient that the
Company be authorized to raise a further Sum
of
Money for the pur-
poses of this Act, and for the general Purposes
of
their Undertaking,
and that they should also be authorized to convert the different
Sections of their Ordinary Stock into One uniform consolidated
Stock, and that further Provision should be made with respect to
other Shares or Stock in the Company
:
And whereas the Objects
aforesaid cannot be attained without the Authority
of
Parliament
:
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