Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Plymouth and North Devon Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1907
9.198 The Plymouth and North Devon Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1907 393 was
passed to authorise the Plymouth and North Devon Direct Railway Company to
abandon a proposed railway in Devon between Great Torrington and
Okehampton. The railway had been authorised by the Torrington and
Okehampton Railway Act 1898. 394 The abandonment of the railway project,
together with the dissolution of the company pursuant to the 1907 Act, means
that the 1907 Act itself has now become obsolete.
(44) Scottish Repeals
9.199 The Acts listed in the following paragraphs relate to Scottish abandoned railway
projects.
Glencairn Railway (Abandonment) Act 1881
9.200 The Glencairn Railway (Abandonment) Act 1881 395 was passed to authorise the
Glencairn Railway Company to abandon a proposed railway between the
parishes of Glencairn and Kirkmahoe in Dumfriesshire. The railway had been
authorised by the Glencairn Railway Act 1872. 396 Lack of available finance,
however, had made it impossible to construct the railway. The abandonment of
the railway project, together with the dissolution of the company pursuant to the
1881 Act, means that the 1881 Act itself has now become obsolete.
Rhins of Galloway Railway (Abandonment) Act 1883
9.201 The Rhins of Galloway Railway (Abandonment) Act 1883 397 was passed to
authorise the Rhins of Galloway Railway Company to abandon proposed railways
in the county of Wigtown. The railways had been authorised by the Rhins of
Galloway Railway Act 1878. 398 Lack of available finance, however, had made it
impossible to construct the railways. The abandonment of the railway project,
together with the dissolution of the company pursuant to the 1883 Act, means
that the 1883 Act itself has now become obsolete.
393 7 Edw.7 c.xii.
394 58 & 59 Vict. c.cxxxix.
395 44 & 45 Vict. c.lxxix.
396 35 & 36 Vict. c.clxxvi. The powers given by this Act were amended by the Glencairn
Railway (Revival of Powers) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c.ccxv).
397 46 & 47 Vict. c.iii.
398 41 & 42 Vict. c.lxxxix.
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