Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

9.93 The Westminster Terminus Railway Act 1854 171 was passed to authorise the
Westminster Terminus Railway Company to construct a railway between
Westminster and Clapham, with a branch railway in Battersea. The Westminster
Terminus Railway Extension Act, Clapham to Norwood, 1855 172 authorised the
Westminster Terminus Railway Extension Company to construct an extension
railway from the Clapham terminus of the Westminster Terminus Railway through
to Norwood. 173
9.94 In the event, these railway projects had to be abandoned. The West End of
London and Clapham and Norwood Junction Railway Act 1856 174 authorised the
abandonment of part of the proposed railway projects. The abandonment of the
remainder of the projects, together with the dissolution of both companies, was
authorised by the Westminster Terminus Railway Extension, Clapham to
Norwood, Abandonment Act 1857 175 and by the West End of London and
Clapham and Norwood Junction Railway Abandonment Act 1858. 176 The
abandonment of these projects and the dissolution of both railway companies
means that the 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858 Acts have all become obsolete.
(40) West Sussex Junction Railway Company
9.95 The West Sussex Junction Railway Act 1864 177 was passed to authorise the
West Sussex Junction Railway Company to construct a railway in the parishes of
Hardham and Steyning in West Sussex. The powers given by the 1864 Act were
extended by the West Sussex Junction Railway Deviation Act 1865 178 and by the
West Sussex Junction Railway Act 1867. 179
9.96 In the event, the railway project was abandoned. On 14 June 1869 an application
was made for a Board of Trade warrant authorising abandonment of the project.
Although the outcome of this application is not known, the statutory authority to
construct the railway lapsed on 26 July 1870 by virtue of the 1867 Act. 180
Accordingly all three Acts of 1864, 1865 and 1867 have now become obsolete.
171 17 & 18 Vict. c.ccv.
172 18 & 19 Vict. c.cxcviii.
173 This extension, together with the Westminster Terminus Railway, was intended to provide
a continuous line of railway between Westminster and Norwood.
174 19 & 20 Vict. c.cxxx. This Act also repealed the 1854 Act.
175 20 & 21 Vict. c.c.
176 21 & 22 Vict. c.cxlv.
177 27 & 28 Vict. c.cclxxviii.
178 28 & 29 Vict. c.cxxvii.
179 30 & 31 Vict. c.cliv.
180 The 1867 Act, s 5.
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