Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

9.37 Only part of this railway was built. The purpose of the Cork and Fermoy Railway
(Waterford and Wexford Section Abandonment) Act 1893 53 was to authorise the
abandonment of the Waterford and Wexford section of these railway construction
proposals. This 1893 Act became obsolete once its provisions for abandonment
had taken effect shortly after enactment.
9.38 A further ground for repealing the 1893 Act is that, since the establishment of the
Irish Free State in 1922, the Act remains on the statute book of the United
Kingdom without having any effect within the United Kingdom. On this basis, two
other enactments relating to the company may also be repealed. These are the
1890 Act referred to above and the Cork and Fermoy and Waterford and Wexford
Railway (Guarantee) Act 1893 54 which empowered the company to divide its
business into three separate undertakings. All three Acts remain in force within
the Republic of Ireland and their status there will not be affected by their repeal
within the United Kingdom.
(13) Fareham and Netley Railway Company
9.39 The Fareham and Netley Railway Act 1865 55 was passed to authorise the
Fareham and Netley Railway Company to construct railways in Hampshire
between Southampton and Fareham. The powers given by the 1865 Act were
extended by the Fareham and Netley Railway Act 1868. 56
9.40 In the event, the railway project was abandoned. On 19 March 1878 a Board of
Trade warrant was issued ordering that the railways should be abandoned. 57 The
railway company itself was wound up in 1878. 58 Accordingly both the 1865 Act
and the 1868 Act have become obsolete.
(14) Guiseley Yeadon and Headingley Railway Company
9.41 The Leeds and Yeadon Railway Act 1891 59 was passed to authorise the Guiseley
Yeadon and Rawdon Railway Company 60 to extend its existing railway from
Rawdon to Headingley in West Yorkshire. The purpose of the Guiseley Yeadon
and Headingley Railway (Abandonment) Act 1893 61 was to authorise the
abandonment of the construction of this extension railway and the dissolution of
the company.
9.42 The dissolution of the company in 1893 and the consequential abandonment of
the railway project means that both the 1891 and 1893 Acts have become
obsolete.
53 56 & 57 Vict. c.xlvi.
54 56 & 57 Vict. c.v.
55 28 & 29 Vict. c.cliii.
56 31 & 32 Vict. c.clix.
57 The London Gazette, 19 April 1878, p 2646.
58 The London Gazette, 16 April 1878, p 2598.
59 54 & 55 Vict. c.cxcviii.
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By section 27 of the 1891 Act, the company’s name was changed to “the Guiseley Yeadon
and Headingley Railway Company”.
61 56 & 57 Vict. c.xxiv.
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