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Railway Fires Act

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Fire

or exception. See also INSURANCE. As to fires caused by sparks, etc., from railway engines, see the (English) Railway Fires Act, 1905, and the Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act, 1923. … to fires caused by sparks, etc., from railway engines, see the (English) Railway Fires Act, 1905, and the Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act, 1923.

Engine

by the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, s. 86, and regulated by s. 116 of that Act. The Railway Fires Act, 1905, as amended by the Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act, 1923, gives compensation for damage by fires … 86, and regulated by s. 116 of that Act. The Railway Fires Act, 1905, as amended by the Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act, 1923, gives compensation for damage by fires caused by sparks or cinders from railway engines;

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Locomotives. I

the company owing them or its servants. As to fire caused by sparks from a locomotive, see (English) Railway Fires Act, 1905 (5 Edw. 7, c. 11), Martin v. G.E. Ry. Co., (1912) 2 KB 406. See, further, RAILWAY.

Nuisance

in nuisance when conforming with the statute (see Manchester Corporation v. Farnsworth, 1930 AC 171), but see (English) Railway Fires Act, 1905 (5 Edw. 7, c. 11), as to fires on agricultural land or to crops caused by sparks

Nominated authority

Officer nominated by the Chief Fire Officer, and includes an officer nominated by a local authority or a railway administration as a nominated authority for the purposes of this Act. [Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act, … Nominated authority, means an officer not below the rank of Station Officer nominated by the Chief Fire Officer, and includes an officer nominated by a local authority or a railway administration as a nominated authority

Steam engines

ss. 29, 35, 36. See also ss. 114-116 of the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and the Railway Fires Act, 1905, as amended by 13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 27; Martin v. G.E. Ry. Co., (1912) 2

Audit

of the (English) Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 119), by s. 11 dispensing in the case of a railway … to them and on every balance sheet laid before the company in general meeting. In Re City Equitable Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., 1925 Ch 407, the duties of auditors were fully discussed, though this case has been

Jury

by jury was amended by (English) Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1933. In Hope v. Great Western Railway Co., (1937) 2 KB 130, the Court of Appeal held that trial by jury upon application of a … the Act of 1870 there was an old rule in criminal cases against allowing jurors food, drink, or fire after the summing up, but now they are allowed reasonable refreshment at their own expense. Except on a

Intoxicating liquor

licence'; two licences are in every case required (except where the sale is in theatres or on packet-boats, railway restaurant cars, or canteens, or of methylated spirits or spruce, or by the holders of wholesale spirits or … to be pulled down for some public purpose or have been rendered unfit for use by reason of fire (s. 24), and then the procedure is similar to that for a transfer (s. 27). 6. Compensation for … in England and Wales is now mainly regulated by the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24), which repealed

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