South Yorkshire Light Rail Transit Act 1988

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1988 c. xxvii
Year1988
South Yorkshire Light Rail Transit Act 1988 c. xxvii 1
ELIZABETH II
1988 CHAPTER xxvii
An Act to empower the South Yorkshire Passenger
Transport Executive to develop and operate a system of
light rail transit; to authorise the construction of works
and the acquisition of land for that purpose; to confer
further powers upon the Executive; and for other
purposes. [27th October 1988]
Y¥7"HEREAS
(1) Under
the
Transport
Acts
19 6
8
and 19 8
5
it
is the
general
duty of the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
(hereinafter called "the Executive") to secure the provision of
public passenger transport services for meeting public transport
requirements of their area, namely, the South Yorkshire
metropolitan county (hereinafter called "the County"), in
accordance with general policies formulated by the South
Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority:
(2) Studies carried out by the Executive in cooperation with
the South Yorkshire County Council and the Sheffield City
Council, in accordance with recommendations in the Sheffield
and Rotherham Land Use Transportation Study of 1976 and
proposals in the South Yorkshire Structure Plan approved by
the Secretary of State in 19
81,
have established
the
feasibility
of
meeting public passenger transport requirements by the
2 c. xxvii South Yorkshire Light Rail Transit Act 1988
provision of a system of light rail transit to serve the City of
Sheffield based on a route from Hillsborough to Mosborough:
(3) It is accordingly expedient that the Executive should be
empowered to construct the works authorised by this Act, and
to acquire or use the lands referred to in this Act, for the
development of the system of light rail transit in and in areas
adjoining the City of Sheffield, and that the other powers in this
Act should be conferred upon the Executive for the operation
and development of the system:
(4) It is expedient that the other powers of this Act should be
conferred upon the Executive and that the other provisions in
this Act should be enacted:
(5) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(6) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
1968 c.
73.
requirements of section 10(1) (xxix) of the Transport Act 1968
have been observed:
(7) Plans and sections showing the lines or situations and
levels of the works to be constructed under the powers of this
Act and plans of the lands authorised to be acquired or used by
this Act, and a book of reference to such plans containing the
names of the owners and lessees or reputed owners or lessees and
of the occupiers of the said lands, were duly deposited in the
office of the Clerk of the Parliaments and in the Private Bill
Office of the House of Commons and with the proper officers of
the South Yorkshire and Derbyshire County Councils, the
Sheffield City Council and the North East Derbyshire District
Council, which plans, sections and book of reference are
respectively referred to in this Act as "the deposited plans", "the
deposited sections" and "the deposited book of reference":
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the South Yorkshire Light Rail
Transit Act 1988.
interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the
several words and expressions to which meanings are assigned
South Yorkshire Light Rail Transit Act 1988 c. xxvii 3
by the Acts wholly or partly incorporated herewith have the PART I
same respective meanings, and —com.
"the Act of 1845" means the Railways Clauses Consoli- 1845 c. 20.
dation Act 1845;
"the Act of 1870" means the Tramways Act 1870; 1870
c.
78.
"the Act of 1950" means the Public Utilities Street Works 1950
c.
39.
Act 1950;
"the Act of 1965" means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 c. 56.
1965;
"the authorised
works"
means the works authorised by this
Act;
"the electricity board" means the East Midlands Electricity
Board and the Yorkshire Electricity Board or, as the
case may be, either of them;
"electric line" has the meaning given by section 32 of the
Electric Lighting Act 1882 and any reference to such a 1882
c.
56.
line shall be construed accordingly;
"enactment" means any enactment, whether public
general or local, and includes any order, byelaw, rule,
regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect
by virtue of an enactment;
"existing" means existing at the commencement of this
Act;
"the Executive" means the South Yorkshire Passenger
Transport Executive;
"the LRT system" means the light rail transit system
comprising the railways authorised by this Act,
including the railways designated as tramways, and all
works and conveniences provided in connection with
the railways, as constructed, extended or altered from
time to time;
"land" includes land covered by water, any interest in land
and any easement or right in, to or over land;
"the limits of deviation" mean the limits so shown on the
deposited plans and, where on any existing street no
such limits are shown, the boundaries of the street
(including any verge or roadside waste adjoining it);
"street" has the meaning given by section 329 of the
Highways Act 1980 and in sections
12
to
15
of this Act 1980
c.
66.
includes a bridleway or footpath;
"traffic sign" has the meaning given by section 64 of the
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; 1984
c.
27.
"tramway" means any railway, or any part of a railway,
authorised by this Act and thereby designated as a
tramway;

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