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Made under Section 67 of the Transport Act 1962 as applied
by Section 84(3) of the said act by the Talyllyn Railway Company and confirmed
by the Minister of Transport for regulating the use and working of, and travel
on, its Railway, the maintenance of order on its Railway and railway premises,
and the conduct of all persons on those premises.
| 1. |
No person other than an authorised person shall enter any
vehicle for the purpose of travelling unless he or she or someone on his
or her behalf obtains from the Company or from an authorised person a ticket
or other authority entitling him or her to travel therein. |
| 2. |
No person with intent that the Company shall be defrauded
or prejudiced, shall: |
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(a) |
alter, deface, mutilate or destroy any ticket, or |
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(b) |
knowingly and wilfully use or attempt to use any ticket which shall have
been in any respect materially altered, defaced, or mutilated. |
| 3. |
No person, with the intent that the Company shall be defrauded
or prejudiced, shall transfer, tender, or deliver up a ticket to another
person with intent to enable any person to travel on the Railway without
having previously paid his or her fare. |
| 4. |
When a vehicle contains the full number of passengers which
it is constructed to carry, no additional person shall enter or remain therein
if requested by an authorised person not to do so. |
| 5. |
No person other than an authorised person shall mount or attempt
to mount on any vehicle except on such part or parts as are provided for
the carriage of passengers. |
| 6. |
No person except an authorised person shall operate, move,
work, or tamper with any mechanical or electrical appliance upon the Railway,
or any switch, lever, or other device operating or controlling any mechanical
or electrical appliance upon the Railway. |
| 7. |
Except in case of accident or other emergency, no person,
except an authorised person, shall open the door, or stand or attempt to
stand on the step or foot-board of any vehicle whilst it is in motion or
between stations, or enter or leave or attempt to enter or leave any vehicle
whilst it is in motion. |
| 8. |
No person in a state of intoxication shall enter or remain
upon the Railway, and no person who is in an unfit or improper condition
to travel by passenger train or whose dress or clothing is in a condition
liable to soil or injure the linings or cushions of any carriage, or the
dress or clothing of any passenger, shall enter or remain in any vehicle,
except with the permission of an authorised person. |
| 9. |
No person shall at any time while upon the Railway: |
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(a) |
use any threatening, abusive, obscene, or offensive language, or |
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(b) |
behave in a riotous, disorderly, indecent, or offensive manner, or |
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(c) |
write, draw or affix any abusive, obscene, or offensive word, representation,
or character upon, or wilfully soil or defile, the Railway or any vehicle,
or |
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(d) |
molest or wilfully interfere with the comfort or convenience of any passenger
or person in or upon the Railway. |
| 10. |
No person shall take or cause to be taken on to, or cause
or allow to remain upon the Railway, if requested not to do so by an authorised
person, any animal, article, or thing which by reason of its nature is in
the opinion of such authorised person likely to cause or in fact does cause
annoyance or damage to any passenger or property. If any person in charge
of such animal, article, or thing fails when requested by an authorised
person immediately to remove the same from the Railway, the same may be
removed therefrom by or under the direction of such authorised person. |
| 11. |
No person shall take or cause to be taken upon, or place or
cause to be placed upon, the Railway or, while upon the Railway, have in
his or her possession or discharge, as the case may be, any loaded weapon
of any kind or any inflammable, explosive, or corrosive gas, spirit, liquid,
substance, or matter, or any article or thing which is or may become dangerous
to any person or property. Provided that nothing in this byelaw shall apply
to small quantities of film or of spirit or liquid carried for the personal
use of such a person and not for the purpose of trade or business, provided
that all due precautions are taken for the prevention of accident or injury
therefrom. If any person offending against this Byelaw fails to remove from
the Railway immediately upon request by an authorised person, any article
or thing to which this Byelaw relates, the same may be removed therefrom
by or under the direction of an authorised person. |
| 12. |
No person shall wilfully, wantonly, or maliciously: |
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(a) |
move or set in motion or stop or attempt to stop any vehicle, or |
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(b) |
break, cut, scratch, tear, soil, deface, or damage any vehicle, or any
of the fittings, furniture, decorations or equipment thereof, or any notice,
advertisement, number plate, number, figure, or letter therein or thereupon,
or remove therefrom or detach any such article or thing, or |
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(c) |
deface or damage any part of the Railway or any property upon the Railway. |
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Any person offending against this Byelaw shall be liable to
the Company for the amount of the damage done to any property of the Company,
without prejudice to any penalty incurred by the contravention of this Byelaw. |
| 13. |
No person, while upon the Railway, shall, to the annoyance
of any other person, sing, perform on any musical or other instrument or
use any gramophone, record player, tape recorder, or portable wireless apparatus. |
| 14. |
No person while upon the Railway shall, except by permission
of an authorised person: |
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(a) |
display or exhibit any printed, written, or pictorial matter or any article
for the purpose of advertising or publicity, or distribute any book, leaflet,
or other printed matter or any sample or other article, or |
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(b) |
sell or expose for sale any article or goods, or |
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(c) |
tout, ply for, or solicit alms, reward or custom or employment of any
description. |
| 15. |
No person shall loiter or remain upon the Railway after having
been requested by an authorised person to depart, unless such person is
lawfully entitled so to remain. |
| 16. |
No person shall deposit, or throw or wilfully drop on or from
any vehicle, on the Railway any article or thing whatsoever capable of injuring,
damaging, or endangering any person or property. |
| 17. |
No driver or person in charge of any motor car, public service
vehicle, cab, carriage, wagon, bicycle or other conveyance or of any animal
in or upon the Railway shall leave or place any such conveyance or animal
in or upon the Railway: |
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(a) |
in any manner or place so as to cause an obstruction or hindrance to the
Company or to persons using the Railway, or |
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(b) |
otherwise than in accordance with any reasonable direction of an authorised
person, or |
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(c) |
where parking or waiting is prohibited. |
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No such driver or person in charge shall leave or place any
such conveyance or animal in or upon the Railway for a period longer than
necessary for such person to transact any lawful business upon the Railway.
Any conveyance or animal so left or placed in breach of this Byelaw may
be removed by or under the direction of an authorised person. |
| 18. |
No person shall: |
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(a) |
spit upon the floor or in, upon, or against any part of any vehicle upon
the Railway, or upon the platform or the permanent way at any station of
the Company, or in, upon, or against any hall, office waiting room, public
room, or public passage at any station of the Company, or |
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(b) |
place or throw any litter upon the Railway except into receptacles expressly
provided for that purpose. |
| 19. |
The Company may establish queues on the Railway for the purpose
of regulating the access to services and facilities provided on or in the
immediate vicinity of the Railway, and every person desirous of availing
himself or herself of any such service or facility shall, upon notice or
request by the Company or an authorised person, take up position in the
rear of one of such queues and move forward in an orderly and regular manner,
and obey the reasonable instructions of an authorised person regulating
such queues. |
| 20. |
No person shall occupy or use any vehicle, compartment, or
seat on the Railway, upon which or in relation to which notice has been
fixed or given by the Company that such vehicle, compartment or seat is
reserved, except the person or persons for whom the Company has made the
reservation. |
| 21. |
Any person who is reasonably suspected of committing or attempting
to commit any offence against any of these Byelaws shall give his or her
name and address to any authorised person when requested to do so. |
| 22. |
The guard or other authorised person in charge of a passenger
train may require passengers to travel in a particular vehicle or to change
the vehicle in which they are travelling. Passengers must obey the reasonable
instructions of the guard or other authorised person requiring them to do
so. |
| 23. |
In the above Byelaws: |
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(a) |
"the Company" means the Talyllyn Railway Company, |
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(b) |
"vehicle" means any railway vehicle (including locomotives) on the Railway
and includes any compartment of any such vehicle, |
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(c) |
"the Railway" means the railways and railway premises of the Talyllyn
Railway Company, including stations and the approaches to stations, and |
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(d) |
"authorised person" means any officer, employee or agent of the Talyllyn
Railway Company (whether on the permanent or volunteer staff) acting in
the execution of his or her duty on or in connection with the Talyllyn Railway
Company. |
| 24. |
Any person offending against any of the above Byelaws numbered
5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12. and 16 shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty
not exceeding Twenty-five pounds. Any person offending against any of the
above Byelaws numbered 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and
22 shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding Ten
pounds. Any person offending against any of the above Byelaws numbered 1,
4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, and failing to desist
or quit, or failing to comply with the Byelaw, as the case may be, when
requested so to do by an authorised person may be removed from the Railway
or any part thereof or any vehicle by or under the direction of an authorised
person without prejudice where any penalty is described as aforesaid for
the contravention of any such Byelaw to such penalty. |
| 25. |
These Byelaws will come into operation in accordance with
the provisions of the Transport Act 1962. Upon coming into operation of
these Byelaws, any Byelaw previously made in relation to the Railway shall
be repealed without prejudice, however, to the validity of anything done
thereunder or to any liability incurred in respect of any act or omission
before the date of the coming into operation of these Byelaws. |
THE COMMON SEAL of the TALYLLYN RAILWAY
COMPANY was hereunto affixed in the
presence of:- |
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| Director: |
W. H. D. FAULKNER |
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| Director: |
PATRICK J. GARLAND |
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| Secretary: |
RICHARD HOPE |
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| ON the 24th day of April, 1968. |
THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT hereby confirms the above Byelaws and fixes the First
day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty nine as the date on which
the Byelaws shall come into operation.
| SIGNED by the authority of the MINISTER OFTRANSPORT 16th day of September,
1969. |
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S. M. A. BANISTER, |
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MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT |
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