Midland Railway Act 1902
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1902 c. cli |
| Year | 1902 |
l2
EDW.
7.3
M;icllnizd
Rcril.zouy
Act,
1902.
[Ch.
cli.]
CHAPTER
cli.
An Act to confer additional powers upon the Midland
A.D.
1902.
Railway Company and upon the Midland and Great
Northern Railways Joint Committee and upon the
Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railways Conimittee for the
construction
of
works and the acquisition of lands
to
authorise agreements between the Midland Railway
Company and the Midland and South Western Junc-
tion Railway Company to provide
for
the vesting of
the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway in
the Midland ,and Great Eastern Railway Companies
and
for
other purposes.
[31st
July 1902.1
THEREAS
it
is expedient,
tthat
the
Midland Railway Company
(in
this Act called
'(
the
Company
")
should
be
empowered
to
construct the railway and widenings
of
railways
and
other works
and
to
exercise tlie other powers in this Act mentioned and also
to
acquire retain hold
and
use adclitioiial lands for the purposes
of
this Act and
for
extending their station siding warehouse coal
wharf dep6t mineral
goods
and
other accommodation and for other
purposes connected with their undertaking
:
And
whereas it
is
expedient that the Micllaiid
and
Great
Northern Railways Joint Committee
(in
this Act called
''
the
joint committee
")
sliould be empovewcl
to
acquire
the
lands in
this Act mmtioiiecl in khat bdialf
:
And mhereas plans and sections showing the lines ancl levels
of
the railway
and
wideniugs
of
railways aiitl
other
works
by
this
Act
authorised and
plans
showing thc lands required
01'
which may be
taken
for tlie
purposes
or
uiider
the
poweis
of
this
Act
mid
also
books
of'
referenca to those plans containing tlie
names
of
the
owners and lessees
or
reputed owners and lessees
ancl
of the
occupiers of the said lands were duly deposited with tlie clerks
of
-
[Pjlice
2s.
3d.l
A
1
[Ch.
cli.]
[a
EDW.
‘7.1
AD.
1902.
the
peace far the swerai comtics and riding nritliiii Ivhich the said
railway and midenings
of
railways ancl other
-works
will be made
or
are situate and the said
lands
are situate
and
those plans sections
and
books
of reference
arc
in this Act referred to
as
tlie deposited
plans sections
and
books of refercnce respectivelv
:
And
whereas
it
is
expedient that tlie time
110117
limited
by
tlie
for
the
cornpulsoi*y
purciiase
of
lands
and
for the coustruction
of
the
Low
-Moor
junctioas the
Hslifax
connecting lines tlie Hudclersfielcl Railway the ‘l’hornhiI1 junction
the Holmes curvc
and
the Alfreton second tunnel rail~~ays
by
that
Act
authorised
to
be
niarle
by
the Company and that
tilc
time
now
limited for tlic
compul.;ory
purclixe of
lands
for
the
piii
pcses
of
tlie C’romer aiirl JIundcslcy deviation railway by that
,4ct
authorired
to
be made
by
the
Norfolk and
Suffolk
Joint
Railways
Comniitteo
and
that
tlie
timc
now
limited
by
the Midlacd and
Great
Sortlieim
Railwaj-s
Joint Committee
Act
1897
for
tlie
construction
of
the Great Yariiioutli
and
Lowestoft ltailn-ay by
that
Act authorised sl~onlcl respectively
be
exteilcled
as
provided
by
this Act:
hcl
mlierea9
it is cspedient that iiirther
powerq
shoulcl
be
coiiferred
upon
the Company Tvitli respect
to
the sale or other
disposal
of
lands acquired
by
then1 which are
iiot
or
eveiitually
may not
be
required
for
the
purposes
of
their nndertaking
:
And
mhwens
it
is
expedient that the aqreerncnt betweeu the
Company
sod
the Midland and South Western Junction Kailway
Companj-
(in
this Act called
“
the
junction company
”)
set
forth
in
tlic
Sec
)nd
Schedule to this act
should
be
confirmed
:
~ucl
mliert
;is
the undertaking
oE
tlie
Tot,tenliam and Hanipsteact
Junction l’\ailway Collipany
(111
this
A
ct
called
“
the Tottenhani
Company
”)
is under
ai
agreeinclit (‘n
this
Act
refcrred
to
as
‘‘
the
Tottenliauz agreeiiieiit
”)
clatecl the twenty-fifth
day
of
May
one
t,housand
eight
liundred ancl seventy ancl made between the Great
Eastern Railway Company (in
t’liis
,4ct caliecl
“
the Great Eastern
Company
”)
of
the first part the
Cclnipany of
the sccond part and
the Tottenliain Company
of
tlie third part (which agreement is set
forth in trlie Second Schedule to tlie Midland
Ilailway
(Additional
Powers) Act
1873)
leased to and worked
by
the Great Eastern
Company
and
the Company (in this
Act
referred
to
as
“the two
companies”) and
it
is
expedient that provision
should
be
niacle
as
contained in this Act for
the
transfer
to
and
vesting in tlie
two
companies
of
tlic undertaking
of
and the powers now vested in
the
Tottenham
Company
:
-
.
2
[2
EDTV.
7.)
[Ch.
clli.]
Aid
whereas
it
is expedient that some
of
the powers
and
AD.
1002.
provisions
of
existing Acts relating to the
Company
should
be
amended and tliat fuyther pomers
should
be conferred upon the
Company
as
provided by this Act
:
And whereas it is cxpedient that the Company should
be
empowered to raise aclditionsl capital for the
purposrs
of
the
railways and otlier
morlis
by
this
Act aiitlioriseil
ad
for
other
purposes
of
this
Act
and also for the making and enlargement
of
stations sidings warehouses engine-sheds woi*ksliops coal wharves
depbts mineral
goods
and
other works
and
convenienczs
for
the
acconimodatioii
of
tlie
traEc
on
their railways and
for
coinpleting
the
purchase
of
lands
ancl
buildiiigs
for any
of
the abo\-e-mentionecl
purposes
sild
€or
povidiug additional plaiit
and
rolling
stock
block
and
in terlocltin g signals
and
for the general purposes
of
their
undertaking
:
And nliereas it
is cxpecliciit
that
the
Great
Xortheru llailway
Company
aid
tlie joint committee slioilld
be
empowered to
apply
their funrls to
rhc
purposes
oE
this
lct
in wliich
they
are
respectively
interested
:
And vliereas the objects
of
this ,4ct cannot be eEected without
the authority
of
Parliament
:
May it therefore please
Your
Xajesty tliat it may
be
enacted
and
be
it enacted
by
the King's most Excellent Najesty by
aud
with
the advice ancl
consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual and Temporal
acd
Cominons
in
this present Parliament assembled
and
by
the
authority
of
the smne
as
follows
:-
Railway Act
1902.
expressly varied
by
this Act incorporated vith
and
form
part
of
this Act [tlia'u is
to
say)
:-
The
Lands
Clauses
Acts
:
The
Xailways Claiises Comoliclatioii Act
1846
:
Part
I.
(relating
lo
the constructioii
of
a
railnay)
Part
11.
(relating to cstension
of
time) Part
111.
(relating to working
agrccnients) and Part
V.
(relating
to
amxlgaination)
of
the
ltailways Clauses Act
1863
:
The
provisions
of
the Companies Clauses Consolidation
Act
1545
with respect
to
the followiiig matters namely
:-
-
1.
This
Act,
may
be
cited for
all
purposes
as
the \lid!and
Short
title.
2.
Tlic
following Acts
ancl
parts
of
Acts are except where
Incorpora-
tion
OJi
The
transier or transmission
of
shares
;
Tlic
borrowing of money by the Company
on
mortgage
or
The
coiiversioii
of
tlie
borrowed
money into capital
:
bond
;
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