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1994 No. 1039
TRANSPORT AND WORKS
TRANSPORT
The British Railways Act 1990 (Arpley Chord) (Extension of Time) Order 1994
Made
30th March 1994
Coming into force
20th April 1994
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1and 5 of the Trnsport and Works Act 1992(1)and on the application of the British Railways Board, hereby makes the following Order:-
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the British Railways Act 1990 (Arpley Chord) (Extension of Time) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 20th April 1994.
Extension of time for the compulsory purchase of certain land
2.-(1) The period now limited by section 28 of the British Railways Act 1990(2)("the 1990 Act") for the compulsory purchase of the land mentioned in paragraph (2) below is hereby extended until and including 31st December 1999.
(2) The land referred to in paragraph (1) above is the land authorised to be purchased by section 25 (purchase of land) or 26 (purchase of rights over land) of the 1990 Act for the purposes of Work No. 5 (Railway at Warrington) authorised by section 5 of the 1990 Act.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
J. R. Coates
An Under Secretary,
Department of Transport
30th March 1994
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The British Railways Act 1990 ("the 1990 Act") authorised the construction of a railway at Warrington ("the Arpley Chord"). Under section 28 of the 1990 Act the powers of compulsory purchase for the acquisition of land for the construction of the Arpley Chord cease on 31st December 1994.
This Order extends to 31st December 1999 the time within which the British Railways Board may exercise the powers of compulsory purchase in the 1990 Ac so far as they relate to the Arpley Chord.
The applicants for the Order are the British Railways Board.