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Public Works Act 1981

Railways

174: Application of Impounding Act 1955

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“Rules for dealing with stray animals on railway land”

The Impounding Act 1955 is a law that deals with animals that wander onto other people’s property. When it comes to railways, this law treats the person in charge of the railway as if they own the land the railway is on. This applies to all railways, whether the government owns them or not.

If you’re in charge of a railway, or even just part of one, you have the same rights and responsibilities as a landowner under the Impounding Act. You can do anything that the Act allows landowners to do. You can also ask someone else to do these things for you.

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Part 13 Railways

174Application of Impounding Act 1955

  1. The person in charge of any railway or part of a railway, whether vested in the Crown or not, shall be deemed to be the occupier of it for the purposes of the Impounding Act 1955; and any act, matter, or thing permitted or required to be performed or done by the occupier of land as defined in that Act may be performed or done in respect of any such railway or part by the person so in charge or by any person authorised generally or particularly by him for that purpose.

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  • 1928 No 21 s 234