Railways Act (amended)

BILL NO. 155

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
54 Elizabeth II, 2005

Private Member's Bill

Railways Act
(amended)

Frank Corbett
Cape Breton Centre

First Reading: April 20, 2005

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill ensures that part of a railway line cannot be abandoned.

An Act to Amend Chapter 11
of the Acts of 1993,
the Railways Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows: 1 Section 19 of Chapter 11 of the Acts of 1993, the Railways Act, is amended by adding "(1)" immediately after the Section number and by adding the following subsection:

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Board may not amend a licence to authorize the operation of a railway service over only part of the railway line over which the railway service was authorized to operate immediately before the amendment.

2 Section 41 of Chapter 11 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following subsection:

(5) For greater certainty, the owner or lessee of a railway line may not discontinue a railway service over only part of the railway line over which the railway service is authorized to operate.

3 Section 42 of Chapter 11 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection:

(4) For greater certainty, the owner or lessee of a railway line may not abandon only part of a railway line.

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