Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

9.48 In the event, the railway project was abandoned. Accordingly the London
Walthamstow and Epping Forest Railway (Abandonment) Act 1900 72 was passed
to authorise the abandonment of the project and the dissolution of the railway
company. The 1900 Act also repealed the Acts of 1894 and 1895 but not the Acts
of 1898, 1899 or 1900. The dissolution of the company in 1900 and the
consequential abandonment of the railway project means that these remaining
Acts of 1898, 1899 and 1900 have become obsolete and may now be repealed.
(18) London, Worcester, and South Wales Railway Company
9.49 The London, Worcester, and South Wales Railway Act 1865 73 was passed to
authorise the London, Worcester, and South Wales Railway Company to
construct a railway from Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester. The powers given by
the 1865 Act were varied by the London, Worcester, and South Wales Railway
(Deviation) Act 1866. 74
9.50 In the event, the railway project was abandoned. On 12 July 1872 a Board of
Trade warrant was issued ordering that the railway should be abandoned. 75 The
railway company itself was wound up that year. 76 Accordingly both the 1865 Act
and the 1866 Act have become obsolete.
(19) Lynton Railway Company
9.51 The Lynton Railway Act 1885 77 was passed to authorise the Lynton Railway
Company to construct a railway between the parishes of Filleigh and Kentisbury
in Devon. The powers given by the 1885 Act were extended by the Lynton
Railway Acts of 1886, 78 1887 79 and 1890. 80
9.52 In the event, the railway project was abandoned. Although no formal steps were
taken to authorise the abandonment, the statutory authority to build the railway
lapsed on 25 September 1894. Accordingly the Acts of 1885, 1886 and 1890
have become obsolete and may now be repealed. The 1887 Act has already
been repealed. 81
72 63 & 64 Vict. c.cclii.
73 28 & 29 Vict. c.cclxx.
74 29 & 30 Vict. c.clxiv.
75 The London Gazette, 2 August 1872, p 3456.
76 The London Gazette, 13 August 1872, p 3666.
77 48 & 49 Vict. c.cliv.
78 50 Vict. c.xxxii.
79 50 & 51 Vict. c.cxciv.
80 53 & 54 Vict. c.ccxlv.
81 The 1890 Act, s 10.
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